"Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it."

-- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“No one gets teased for being a geek anymore- science is the new rock n roll”
“Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.”

Source : Richard Yates (2014). “A Good School: A Novel”, p.90, Picador
“We learn... 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we both hear and see 70% of what is discussed 80% of what we experience personally 95% of what we teach to someone else”
“On screen, we have to pretend we hate each other, or dislike each other, or don't want to talk or listen to each other, but off camera, it's just one big happy family. We hang out off the show and we play cards together and go have dinner together.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I'm sure there are people in Hollywood, whose main drive in film is to make money, who will feel that any use of the word hijacking or any reference to anything violent or remotely associated with the terrible tragedy that occurred will lose customers for them. And that will be the only criterion that will matter and so they'll force the minions that work for them to remove these things from their movies, or not make movies about that subject.”
“I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.”
“I want to say to all the young women out there, as I say to all young people: believe in yourselves, follow your passion and never give up, because you will create a future filled with possibility.”

Source : "Proms 2013: Last Night conductor Marin Alsop 'shocked there can still be firsts for women'". www.telegraph.co.uk. September 8, 2013.
“Everyone has their parent's [music] collection which is strongly influences what you listen to as a kid. You have no choice. You have to listen to whatever they're bumpin. I grew up with what they listened to a lot.”

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