Tonya Verbeek is a rival of mine I always come up against in the semis or the final of the Olympics. We have been fighting each other for a long time, so she knew my wrestling, and I knew hers… I was thinking that the only thing I could do was somehow to deceive her, anticipate her and get in my tackles. Saori Yoshida Read Quote
My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, ‘If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?’ and he answered me with two words: ‘A pencil.’ Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born. Adam Braun Read Quote
I can’t forgive my friends for dying; I don’t find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing. Logan Pearsall Smith Read Quote
Today and always, there will be an obligation to pass on to the new generation the tradition of liberal scholarship – scientific or in the humanities – and to bring the understanding of things and human actions to everyone. Frank Macfarlane Burnet Read Quote
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. Edward Gibbon Read Quote
It will be a war of national liberation. We believe the people reject totalitarianism. Ahmed Chalabi Read Quote
Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you’ve got. Peter Drucker Read Quote
I found filmmaking to be a very practical art form. It’s about figuring out how to create within the very practical limitations/constraints of time, money, and large groups of collaborators. Jeff Nichols Read Quote
You have to rely on your preparation. You got to really be passionate and try to prepare more than anyone else, and put yourself in a position to succeed, and when the moment comes you got to enjoy, relax, breathe and rely on your preparation so that you can perform and not be anxious or filled with doubt. Steve Nash Read Quote
