"To live intensely is a basic human necessity."

-- Jessica Zafra

“I know a lot of famous people didn't do well at school, like James Brown; he dropped out in fifth grade to be an entertainer, I respect that... but that's not going to be me. I'm not going to be able to do anything but work as hard as possible all the time and compete with everyone I know all the time to make it.”
“I think it would be unfortunate if people in Saudi Arabia or some parts of the world influenced what we speak about in Denmark. [But] it's a fact of globalization, and we must consider it.”
“Louis Armstrong, who learned to be in exquisite dress, came from the bottom, and he's not a trash can.”
“Anyone who does anything for pleasure to indulge his selfish soul will surely burn in Hell.”
“Possession of a program with unique analytic capabilities puts a scientist in as much of a priveleged position to make new discoveries as the possession of a powerful telescope.”

Source : Heinz R. Pagels (1988). “The dreams of reason: the computer and the rise of the sciences of complexity”, Simon & Schuster
“My life hasn't been static - I spent a lot of time in Europe, a lot of time in India. So I traveled around a lot, and I kept moving.”
“Is this a generation of orphans who are going to the improv to do stand-up?”
“Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first.”

Source : Bob Burg, John David Mann (2015). “The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea”, p.42, Penguin

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