We live in a society where healthy choices aren't usually the most popular choices.
David Kirsch
Recitation: by Male by Female
I think I tend to try to let a woman walk through a door first, and I walk on the outside on the street. But that's probably because I'm an ancient creature.
Jim Carter
WalkWomanDoorThinkStreetTry
I'm not sure at all that I'm any good at this mentoring/investing business - that's why I'm using my own money, and that's why it's not a career.
Jerry Yang
GoodBusinessMoneyCareerWhyOwn
My family were finally kicked out of Egypt in 1965 for being Jewish. We managed to remain longer than most.
Andre Aciman
FamilyEgyptJewishOutBeingMost
Science is among the most profoundly human of our activities. Far from being subsumed by the dehumanising effects of technology, science, in fact, remains our last stand against it.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
TechnologyScienceStandHumanLast
We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.
Robert Benchley
ManDoorFreeHotelUniformNation
The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk to people and visit interesting places, and don't forget to ask questions. To be a writer you need to drink in the world around you so it's always there in your head.
Michael Morpurgo
LifeLiveHeartEyesPeopleWorld
There is a huge sense of loneliness as people leave villages and move to cities. It's hard to find that human connection as you move away from where you started.
Mohsin Hamid
LonelinessPeopleYouConnection
Founders need sizable egos to believe that what they are creating is good enough to change the world. What makes for great co-founders is having those egos focused on complementary, not competing, skills.
Jay Samit
ChangeGoodGreatChange The World
The Columbia is lost, but the dreams that inspired its crew remain with us.
Dick Cheney
DreamsLostInspiredUsCrewRemain
I think my work is like a spiral: you keep coming back on yourself, but you're at a different place. It's like reading 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' every five years. You realise that some things have caught up.
Cornelia Parker
WorkYourselfReadingThinkYouUp
Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.
Brent Scowcroft
DemocracyResultWillSameLead
You've got to give something back. You can't just sit there.
Prince Harry
YouBackSitSomethingGiveJust
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