When I grew up, I realised what an amazing thing my parents did. It was such a big deal for my mom, a middle class woman, to decide to leave her children and husband to go and do her Ph.D. for three years. And my dad, who is even more middle class, a traditional South Indian, to let his wife do that. Swara Bhaskar Read Quote
Education should learn from the positive side of gaming – reward, accomplishment, and fun. Sebastian Thrun Read Quote
Even as I think of myself as a ‘rememberer,’ I also know my memory is probably doing all this work to reconstruct a narrative where I come off better. Natasha Trethewey Read Quote
One day a guy tried to rob me on the street, and I had no money. So I charged him. Steven Wright Read Quote
Armed police at my apartment doors in 2011 was scary, but the sudden – and not exactly legal – takeover of 48 per cent of VKontakte, that coincided with a fabricated case against myself in April 2013, was more frightening. Pavel Durov Read Quote
Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and we have not received any such information from our partners as yet. Vladimir Putin Read Quote
