"I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself."

-- Abbas Kiarostami

“Fighting's given me confidence but it's also broken me down and kept me humble.”
“And you? Did you find the doorknob?â€ Hadrian picked up a jug and downed several swallows, drinking so quickly some of the water dripped down his chin. He poured some in his palm and rinsed his face, running his fingers through his hair. â€œI didnâ€™t even get close enough to see a door.â€ â€œWell, look on the bright sideâ€â€”Hadrian smiledâ€”â€œat least you werenâ€™t captured and condemned to death this time.â€ â€œThatâ€™s the bright side?â€ â€œWhat can I say? Iâ€™m a glass-half-full kinda guy.”
“I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That's just me and what I do, and I'm not going to change it.”
“Don't show up late. Don't try to slide out early. Don't cheat your rep counts. And definitely, don't hold back. Leave it all in the gym!”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 28, 2014
“Whatever we, as prospective participants unaware of our specific features, would desire society to be like is what, morally speaking, we ought to institute.”

Source : "Thomas Pogge and global fairness". "The Philosopher's Zone" with Alan Saunders, www.abc.net.au. March 18, 2012.
“One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself . . . and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.”
“I should be suspicious of what I want.”
“In the human mind, the number of possible connections that can be made between neurons greatly exceeds the number of atoms in the universe.”

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