The U.S. is the biggest investor in research and development in the world. It has the best universities. Keeping them supplied with the best talent is essential. James Dyson Read Quote
I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses – being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly. K. D. Lang Read Quote
Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience. Michael Franti Read Quote
I would like to make sure, first of all, that our women in the informal sector – I mean, these are the farmers and the traders; many of them are not educated, many of them lacking literacy – be able to give them better working conditions. And we’ve done a lot to be able to achieve that. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Read Quote
Over the past years, I have lectured many times on the Cuban missile crisis, most provocatively to 200 senior officers of the former Soviet army in Moscow in 1991, among them KGB generals. There, my knowledge of Penkovsky’s role was thoroughly confirmed, and so was the Soviet military men’s residual sense of humiliation at Khrushchev’s ‘blink’. Alistair Horne Read Quote
Acting can be pretty challenging. I can’t say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it. John Cusack Read Quote
Don’t be frightened of failure. It makes you stronger if you learn from your mistakes. Mark Lawrenson Read Quote
