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I was born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. I've never been to Iran, I don't speak the language, and, probably most important of all, my Iranian father left home when I was nine months old. That's the extent of my connection to Iran.

Said Sayrafiezadeh

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FatherHomeSpeakLanguageBrooklyn

It's important to work hard, stay humble, and not let the criticism or the compliments go to your head.

Jessica Sanchez

WorkHumbleWork HardCriticismGo

I have very fond memories of the '80s; they were very formative years for me. I certainly remember the Cold War. It was a closer doorstep for the Brits than the Americans, so it was a very real and palpable threat at the time.

Matthew Rhys

MemoriesTimeWarMeColdRemember

When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.

Anita Hill

ChangeMyselfThinkBeyondAnything

Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way.

Stephen Covey

BetterWaySynergyYourThanOur

Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.

Diane Ackerman

MirrorIntelligenceEmpathyRobots

As an engineer, I tended to maintain my own equipment along with developing the processes for it.

Brian Krzanich

My OwnOwnEngineerAlongProcesses

Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.

Brit Hume

PeopleJournalismServeAboveSome

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for.

William Westmoreland

ProblemKnowMy OwnOwnBeing

For a southern belle, my grandmother was remarkably modern. She threw my grandfather out, for one thing - some kind of argument about bourbon whiskey - shortly after the birth of their third child, and then went back to school to get herself a teaching certificate.

Preston Sturges

SchoolChildBackGrandfatherKind

I was famous from birth.

Peter Fonda

FamousBirth

The 'Work Hard, Play Hard' video shows how much a part of music the fans can really be. With the help of SanDisk, we were able to create the first-ever music video to be made using fan videos shot only from their mobile phones.

Tiesto

WorkMusicWork HardHelpPlayHard

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.

Norman MacCaig

TeacherDeskNothingAdmireTeachers

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