Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Simon Sinek: Struggles
“Our struggles are the short-term steps we must take on our way to long-term success.” —Simon Sinek.
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Emma Lazarus: Until we are all free
“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.” — Emma Lazarus.
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Shia LaBeouf: Sort of like luck “Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. It’s not really anything, its just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort…
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Maurice Sendak: Like a lover
“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.” —Maurice Sendak.
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Simon Sinek: Remarkable things
“The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.” —Simon Sinek.
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Sandra Day O’Connor: You’ve got to do something
“It’s not enough to understand; you’ve got to do something.” —Sandra Day O’Connor.
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Natalie Portman: Cute
“Cute is when a person’s personality shines through their looks. Like in the way they walk, every time you see them you just want to run up and hug them.” —Natalie Portman.
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John W Campbell Jr: With a club
“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, ‘Can’t you remember anything I told you?’ and lets fly with a club.” —John W. Campbell Jr.
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Steve Jobs: Layers of the onion
“When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don’t…
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Deborah Tannen: Biggest mistake
“The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation – or a relationship.” —Deborah Tannen.
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Niccolo Machiavelli: Political disorders
“Political disorders can be quickly healed if they are seen well in advance; when, for lack of a diagnosis, they are allowed to grow in such a way that everyone can recognize them, remedies are too late.” — Niccolo Machiavelli.
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Duncan Hunter: Actual military operations
“Nothing matures a military force quicker than actual military operations.” —Duncan Hunter.
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Nassim Taleb: Opposite of fragile
“The opposite of fragile is something that actually gains from disorder.” – Nassim Taleb.
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Garry Kasparov: Crises
“Crises usually accelerate real trends in society and technology; they don’t create or refute them.” –-Gary Kasparov.
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Charles Perrow: Warning systems
“Unfortunately, most warning systems do not warn us that they can no longer warn us.” – Charles Perrow.
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Colin Quinn: Crazy contradiction
“Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We’re not that great. Every time we take a step forward we go back to the same primitive behavior. We’re meant to be this way. It’s not our fault, it’s just who we are.” —Colin Quinn.
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Laurie Anderson: What you stand for
“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.” —Laurie Anderson.
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Leo Tolstoy: Except by getting off his back
“I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means — except by getting off his back.” —Leo Tolstoy.
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James Callis: Achilles heel
“Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.” —James Callis.
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Lawrence Lessig: Nothing more dangerous
“There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.” —Lawrence Lessig.
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Hale Irwin: Never underestimate my talents
“I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.” —Hale Irwin.
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Cornel West: Social chaos
“The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people.” —Cornel West.
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Peter Asher: Other people’s positions
“In any business, the more you learn, the more sympathetic you can be to other people’s positions.” —Peter Asher.
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Simon Sinek: Good and poor leaders
“Under poor leaders we feel like we work for the company. With good leaders we feel like we work for each other.” —Simon Sinek.
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Brigham Young: Good man
“A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.” —Brigham Young.
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Jerry Seinfeld: Will is finite
“I’m going to adjust your perspective a little bit. That was no will. What you were using, what Michael Jordan uses and what I use, is not will. It’s love. When you love something, it’s a bottomless pool of energy. That’s where the energy comes from. But you have to love it sincerely. Not because…
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Elon Musk: Twitter
“It’s hard to make everyone happy, especially on Twitter. Look, you can either say things that are not controversial at all, and then you’re boring, and nobody cares. Some of the things I say, I would like to retract them. It’s not like I stand by all the tweets I’ve ever done. Some of them…
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Kelly McGonigal: Stress
“Stress is what arises when something you care about is at stake. This definition is big enough to hold both the frustration over traffic and the grief over a loss. It includes your thoughts, emotions, and physical reactions when you’re feeling stressed, as well as how you choose to cope with situations you’d describe as…
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Mikhail Bakunin: Caution
“By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward.” —Mikhail Bakunin.
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Richard Rybolt: Be patient
“There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self destruct. It never fails.” ~ Richard Rybolt.
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Simon Sinek: Excitement and fulfillment
“Excitement comes from the achievement. Fulfillment comes from the journey that got you there.” —Simon Sinek.
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John F Kennedy: Nation afraid of its people
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” —John F. Kennedy.
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Charlie Munger: That simple
“The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the rest of the time, they don’t. It’s just that simple.” —Charlie Munger.
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Jeff Raikes: No market
“In business, the market gives you feedback in real time. Your sales figures tell you what’s working, what isn’t, and how you need to change. If you don’t listen to the feedback, you go belly up. In philanthropy, there is no market.” —Jeff Raikes.
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Walker Percy: Worst of us
“We love those who know the worst of us and don’t turn their faces away.” —Walker Percy.
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Ian Fleming: Adventures
“Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes,’ otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life.” —Ian Fleming.
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Julia Ward Howe: Disarm, disarm
“Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.” —Julia Ward Howe.
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Satire
“Satire should, like a polished razor keen, wound with a touch that’s scarcely felt or seen.” —Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
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Robert Orben: Laugh together, work together
“If you can laugh together, you can work together.” ~Robert Orben.
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John Wayne: No nuances
“I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.” —John Wayne.
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William Henry Channing: Synphony
“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word,…
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Dark enough
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Eli Goldratt: Complexity
“The impression of complexity is probably due to lack of proper analysis and not to any inherent complexity of our systems.” —Eli Goldratt.
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Aly Raisman: Sense of accomplishment
“You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!” —Aly Raisman.
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Bob Dylan: Colleges
“Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.” —Bob Dylan.
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Steve Jobs: Focusing is about saying no
“We had to decide what are the fundamental directions we’re going in, and what makes sense and what doesn’t. And there were a bunch of things that didn’t. Micro-cosmically they might have made sense. Macro-cosmically they made no sense. When you think about focusing, you think ‘Focusing is saying yes.’ No. Focusing is about saying no.” —Steve…
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Johnny Ball: Discrimination due to age
“Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime.” —Johnny Ball.
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Vance Packard: Leadership
“Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.” —Vance Packard.
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Howard Marks: Elevated popular opinion
“…most investors think quality, as opposed to price, is the determinant of whether something’s risky. But high quality assets can be risky, and low quality assets can be safe. It’s just a matter of the price paid for them. . . . Elevated popular opinion, then, isn’t just the source of low return potential, but…
