Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Rene Descartes: Permit no delay
“Situations in life often permit no delay; and when we cannot determine the course which is certainly best, we must follow the one which is probably the best. . . This frame of mind freed me also from the repentance and remorse commonly felt by those vacillating individuals who are always seeking as worthwhile things…
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Joseph Jourbet: Wings but no feet
“He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.” —Joseph Jourbet.
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Thomas Alva Edison: Best thinking
“The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.” —Thomas Alva Edison.
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Simon Sinek: Dangers from inside
“When the people have to manage dangers from inside the organization, the organization itself becomes less able to face the dangers from outside.” —Simon Sinek.
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Boris Pasternak: Irresistible power of unarmed truth
“What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.” —-Boris Pasternak.
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William Plomer: Connect the seemingly unconnected
“It is the function of creative men to perceive the relations between thought, or things, or forms of expression that may seem utterly different, and to be able to combine them into some new forms – the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” — William Plomer.
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Bob Iger: Assume that role immediately
“I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.” —Bob Iger.
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Simon Sinek: Never a purpose, always a result
“Money is never a purpose, it is always a result.” —Simon Sinek.
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Thomas Paine: My country, my religion
“My country is the world and my religion is to do good.” —-Thomas Paine.
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G K Chesterton: Only the weak can be brave
“The strong cannot be brave. Only the weak can be brave; and yet again, in practice, only those who can be brave can be trusted, in time of doubt, to be strong.” —G. K. Chesterton.
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Alice Walker: Refuse to be a clone
“We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.” —Alice Walker.
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Simon Sinek: Make that vision our own
‘There is only a small percentage of the population that we can truly call “visionary.” For the rest of us, instead of trying to “have” a vision, we can work to find one that inspires us… then make that vision our own.’ —Simon Sinek.
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John Ruskin: Pretty small package
“When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.” —-John Ruskin.
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Jules Verne: Rash as Americans usually are
“It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it.” —Jules Verne.
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Charles Dickens: Construction and creation
“The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.” —Charles Dickens.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor: Getting married and divorced
“Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.” —Zsa Zsa Gabor.
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Simon Sinek: Common purpose
“A team is a group of people that works together with common purpose, not just a group of people assigned to work on the same project.” —Simon Sinek.
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Adlai Stevenson II: Less cruel ways
“It is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a program of one creature (which He has made) using another living creature for purposes of experimentation. There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.” —Adlai Stevenson II.
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Simon Sinek: Change the world
“What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.” —Simon Sinek.
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Alice Cooper: Rebellion
“Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s rebellion.” —Alice Cooper.
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Gertrude Stein: Too careful
“Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.” —Gertrude Stein.
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Walter Bagehot: Public opinion
“Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men’s thoughts, to speak other men’s words, to follow other men’s habits.” —Walter Bagehot.
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Shakira: Ugly truth
“I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.” —Shakira.
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Langston Hughes: Let America be America again
“Let America be America again. / Let it be the dream it used to be. … / Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed – / Let it be that great strong land of love / Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme / That any man be crushed by one above.” —Langston Hughes.
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Russell L Ackoff: Systems thinking
“In systems thinking, increases in understanding are believed to be obtainable by expanding the systems to be understood, not by reducing them to their elements.” —Russell L. Ackoff.
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Boris Yeltsin: Better than a mean little flame
“A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.” —Boris Yeltsin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Justice
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” ― Benjamin Franklin.
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Christian Bale: Not practical
“I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn’t really onto anything good. The number of times I’m treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It’s really not practical.” —Christian Bale.
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Romain Rolland: Detestable
“I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.” —Romain Rolland.
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Oprah Winfrey: Do the one thing you think you cannot do
“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” —Oprah Winfrey.
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Simon Sinek: Trust
“Trust is not born out of what we do well. Trust is born out of what we believe.” —Simon Sinek.
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Nicolas Sarkozy: You can’t lie
“In a presidential campaign, you can’t lie. You can’t hide what you are and what you want. You can’t hide what kind of President you’ll be. You can’t keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can’t keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.” —Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Billings Learned Hand: Spirit of liberty
“The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.” —-Billings Learned Hand.
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George Bernard Shaw: True joy in life
“This is the true joy in life, the being recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cardinal point
“One must not make oneself cheap here – that is a cardinal point – or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.” —Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Simon Sinek: How many people they work for
“A weak leader likes to tell us how many people work for them.A great leader is humbled to tell us how many people they work for.” —Simon Sinek.
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Ellen DeGeneres: Catch-and-release
“Catch-and-release, that’s like running down pedestrians in your car and then, when they get up and limp away, saying — Off you go! That’s fine. I just wanted to see if I could hit you.” —Ellen DeGeneres.
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Arempula Premkumar: Never take spiritual things lightly
“Be aware of your connection to the universe. Live with the awareness that everything you are end everything you do directly or indirectly affects everything and everyone around you. Small or big, what you choose to do can alter the course or destiny of living or non-living things that come your way. As you realize…
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Paul Newman: Because they want to
“People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.” —Paul Newman.
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William Somerset Maugham: Happy chance
“We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.” —-William Somerset Maugham.
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Ashwin Sanghi: Discipline rather than creativity
“What I have found is that, in a family business structure, sometimes what is needed is a sense of discipline rather than creativity. You have to take everyone’s ideas and make it work. When you are dealing with money, there is a limitation on how creative you can be.” —Ashwin Sanghi.
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Shane A Parrish: More reliable than motivation
“The biggest generator of long term results is learning to do things when you don’t feel like doing them. Discipline is more reliable than motivation.” —Shane A Parrish.
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Adrian Edmondson: Theorising about comedy
“You’re entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.” —Adrian Edmondson.
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Julia Child: Recipes and cooking
“There’s a big difference between knowing how to follow a recipe and knowing how to cook. If you can master the first principles within a domain, you can see much further than those who are just following recipes.” —–Julia Child.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Much is required
“For those to whom much is given, much is required. And when, at some future date, the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us, recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state, our success or failure … will be measured by the answers to…
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Rutger Hauer: Coward at heart
“I run; I am a coward at heart. I swear, when I smell violence or aggression the coward comes out in me. I have no desire to fight anybody except myself.” —Rutger Hauer.
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Sidney Madwed: Most agonizing torture
“I was always puzzled by the fact that people have a great deal of trouble and pain when and if they are forced or feel forced to change a belief or circumstance which they hold dear. I found what I believe is the answer when I read that a Canadian neurosurgeon discovered some truths about…
