Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Munshi Premchand: Trust and love
“Trust is the first step to love. ” —Munshi Premchand, novelist and poet (31 Jul 1880-1936) .
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APJ Abdul Kalam: Prosperous and safe India
“We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India.” ~APJ Abdul Kalam.
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Emile Chartier: Dangerous
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have. ” —Emile Chartier, philosopher (3 Mar 1868-1951).
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APJ Abdul Kalam: Way to progress
“Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action converts adversity into prosperity.” ~APJ Abdul Kalam.
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EM Forster: Prosaic passion
“Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted…Live in fragments no more.” —EM Forster.
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Henry W Beecher: Thankful heart
“The unthankful heart … discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!” ~Henry W Beecher.
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Marcel Duchamp: Own taste
“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.” —Marcel Duchamp, artist (28 Jul 1887-1968).
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Henry David Thoreau: Disobedience
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” —Henry David Thoreau.
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Fred Allen: Lover's lane
“The last time I saw him, he was walking down lover’s lane holding his own hand.” ~Fred Allen.
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William Wiley: All the time
“I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you’ll need right up to the day you die.” —William Wiley, artist (b. 1937).
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Deng Xiaoping: Cats and mice
“It doesn’t matter if the cat is black or white; what matters is how well it catches mice.” ~Deng Xiaoping. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/107421871
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Edgar Allan Poe: Eloquent enthusiasm
“Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.” ~Edgar Allan Poe.
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George Gamow: Making of man
“It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man!” —George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist (4 Mar 1904-1968).
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Ayn Rand: Civilization
“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public.” ~Ayn Rand.
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Jose Mourinho: Competitive, Aggressive, Consumive, Selfish
“The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.” ~Jose Mourinho.
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Imelda Marcos: Beauty and garbage
“People say I’m extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But who wants to be surrounded by garbage?” ~Imelda Marcos.
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Jack Welch: Competitive advantage
“If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.” ~Jack Welch.
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Howard Jacobson: Superficial change
“That was what was cruel about superficial change. It exposed what could never change.” ~Howard Jacobson.
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Edgar Quinet: Time
“Time is the fairest and toughest judge.” —Edgar Quinet, historian (17 Feb 1803-1875).
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Dr. Seuss: You
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” —Dr. Seuss, author and illustrator (2 Mar 1904-1991).
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Paulo Coelho: Memories
“Memories are like salt: the right amount brings out the flavor in food, too much ruins it.” ~Paulo Coelho.
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William Beveridge: Defender of privilege
“Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.” —William Beveridge, economist and reformer (5 Mar 1879-1963).
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Baltasar Gracián: Competition
“Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.” ― Baltasar Gracián.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti: Angel in the marble
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” —Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet (6 Mar 1475-1564).
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Jiddu Krishnamurti: Real learning
“Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.” ― Jiddu Krishnamurti.
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Isaac Disraeli: Language
“While language is forming, writers are applauded for extending its limits; when established, for restricting themselves to them.” —Isaac Disraeli, writer (1766-1848).
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Dictionary
“The raw material of possible poems and histories.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist and poet, on dictionary (1803-1882).
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Milton Berle: Experience
“Experience is what you have after you’ve forgotten her name.” ~Milton Berle.
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Charles Kingsley: Yesterday's sneer, yesterday's frown
“The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday’s sneer and yesterday’s frown can never come over again.” ~Charles Kingsley.
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Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire: Greatness of the soul
“Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.” —Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, preacher, journalist, and activist (1802-1861).
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Reporters Without Borders: Offence of opinion
“Any prison sentence for an offence of opinion is unacceptable, even in cases of insult or defamation.” ~Reporters without Borders.
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Daphne du Maurier: Simplicity
“How simple life becomes when things like mirrors are forgotten.” —Daphne du Maurier, novelist (13 May 1907-1989).
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John Constable: Beautiful
“I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, — light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. ” —John Constable, painter (11 Jun 1776-1837) .
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Hal Borland: Trees and grass
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” —Hal Borland, author and journalist (14 May 1900-1978) .
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Shirley Maclaine: Friends and strangers
“The more I travelled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” ~Shirley Maclaine.
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Samuel Smiles: Hope
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burdens behind us.” — Samuel Smiles, writer.
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David Rakoff: Bad person
“Not being funny does not make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humour does.” ~David Rakoff.
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E.O. Wilson: Ideal scientist
“The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and only later works like a bookkeeper.” —E.O. Wilson, biologist (b. 10 Jun 1929).
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David Wright: Underdog
“People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.” ~David Wright.
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Dale Carnegie: People
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.” – Dale Carnegie.
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B R Ambedkar: Religion
“Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules.” ~B R Ambedkar.
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Joan Chen: Romantic love
“The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that’s it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test.” ~Joan Chen. Embed from Getty Images
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Robert A. Heinlein: Sin
“Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other ‘sins’ are invented nonsense. ” —Robert A. Heinlein, science-fiction author (7 Jul 1907-1988) .
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Democratic government
“The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.” —W.E.B. Du Bois, educator, civil rights activist, and writer (23 Feb 1868-1963).
