Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Sonia Gandhi: Find the resources
“An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor.” —Sonia Gandhi.
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Maya Angelou: Facts and truth
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.” —Maya Angelou.
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Sinead O’connor: God and religion
”I think there’s a difference between God and religion.” —Sinead O’connor.
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Jonathan Swift: Round, shining things
”An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole, which a cat observing, asked, “Why he would hoard up those round shining things that he could make no use of?” “Why,” said the jackdaw, “my master has a whole chestfull, and makes no more…
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Noam Chomsky: System of debt
”Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can’t afford the time to think. “ —Noam Chomsky, linguistics professor and political activist (b. 7 Dec 1928).
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Cho Ramaswamy: Dialogue
”Dialogue is our forte. It must reach the audience. Even if it is antiquated, I’d like to retain it. I’ve never thought of ways to ruin success.” —Cho Ramaswamy.
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Noam Chomsky: Freedom of expression
”If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” —Noam Chomsky.
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Herman Hesse: Wisdom
“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else … Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”—Hermann Hesse.
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Jayalithaa: Just because someone wants it that way
”MGR has been a great influence in my life, I don’t deny that. But now I am my own person. I have evolved. Hereafter, I am responsible only for myself. Never again will anybody influence me to such an extent that all my thoughts and actions and statements are influenced and made in a particular…
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Shekhar Kapur: Possessiveness and relationships
“I am not possessive at all. In every relationship I have had, the girl has left me. And the fundamental complaint has been that I am self-contained. I am just comfortable with myself and am always on an adventure.” —Shekhar Kapur.
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Mahatma Gandhi: Power based on love
“Power based on love is a thousand times more effective than one derived from fear of punishment.” —Mahatma Gandhi.
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Walt Disney: Started by a mouse
“I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse.” —Walt Disney.
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Muhammad Ali: Truths
“Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – – – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – – – they all contain truths.” —Muhammad Ali.
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Devdutt Pattanaik: A good teacher
”A good teacher never answers questions. A good teacher asks questions, not to confuse or confound, but to nudge the student to find his or own answers, and take responsibility for what he/she discovers or invents. A good teacher presents paradigms that can facilitate the answer-finding quest. A good teacher questions the nature of the question…
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Buzz Aldrin: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
“For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.” —Buzz Aldrin.
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Sean O’Casey: Desperately unrehearsed
“All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.” —Sean O’Casey.
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Anna Freud: Why act?
Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness? —Anna Freud.
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Jeremy Irons: Time machine
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” —Jeremy Irons.
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Dushyant: Aping the west
“As for the argument that ‘we must not ape the West blindly’, I say we must not abhor the West blindly.” —Dushyant.
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Boman Irani: Money and a person
”One can understand a person by the way he removes his wallet and puts his hand to take out money.” —Boman Irani.
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Bette Davis: Opinion
“When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.” —Bette Davis.
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Woody Allen: Good excuse
“If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse.” —Woody Allen, author, actor, and filmmaker (b. 1 Dec 1935).
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Woody Allen: Government
“I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it’s the government.”—Woody Allen.
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Margaret Thatcher: If you want anything done
“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” —Margaret Thatcher.
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Magnus Carlsen: Getting to the top
”If you want to get to the top, there’s always the risk that it will isolate you from other people. “ —Magnus Carlsen.
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Mae West: Bad girls found out
“There are no good girls gone wrong—-just bad girls found out.” —Mae West.
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Sheena Iyengar: Choice
”The expansion of choice has become an explosion of choice.” —Sheena Iyengar.
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Maya Angelou: I’ll rise
“You may shoot me with your words, / You may cut me with your eyes, / You may kill me with your hatefulness, / But still, like air, I’ll rise.” —Maya Angelou, poet (1928-2014).
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William Blake: One law
One law for the lion and ox is oppression. -William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (28 Nov 1757-1827).
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William Blake: Truth and lies
”A truth that’s told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. “ —William Blake.
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Andy Grove: Only the paranoid survive
“I’m often credited with the motto, ‘Only the paranoid survive.’ When it comes to business, I believe in the value of paranoia. Business success contains the seeds of its own des-truction. The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business, and then another chunk, and then another until there is…
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Doug Larson: Not smart enough
“Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.” — Doug Larson.
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Fidel Castro: Good Catholic
“When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholic, I had to confess at church if I ever had impure thoughts about a girl. That very evening, I had to rush to confess my sin. And the next night, and the next. After a week, I decided religion…
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Bruce Lee: Circumstances and opportunities
“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.” —Bruce Lee.
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John Wooden: After you know it all
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” —John Wooden.
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Fidel Castro: Revolution
A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past. —Fidel Castro.
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Tina Turner: Beginning of wisdom
“I’m not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it’s like relaxing into – and an acceptance of – things.” —Tina Turner.
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Arjun Rampal: Clarity
”Going to religious places gives me clarity. When I am sitting there, I am in a state of gratitude with my defence mechanism down and am open to receiving that energy, that gives me clarity as at that time, you are listening to your heart. The heart shows you the direction in life. The mind…
