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I don’t think that every child in America is going to necessarily aspire to, you know, a four-year degree from a liberal arts college or a certain kind of life. I think that people should learn to be excellent in the thing that they choose to do.
Angela DuckworthAngela Duckworth When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller You know, 10 years ago I never thought I’d be in this position. It’s a dream and I don’t even know if I dreamed this big.
Dwyane WadeDwyane Wade Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
Magic JohnsonMagic Johnson How could you live each day knowing that you were simply whiling away the days until your own death?
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes I am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in the kingdom knows my name and my books. It’s their children I love.
Enid BlytonEnid Blyton I know it’s horrible, but they actually make me laugh. They make my day.
Sabrina CarpenterSabrina Carpenter When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne I know how to turn the bad into good always.
Shaquille O'NealShaquille O'Neal What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what’s going on.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a flaw of character; it is a catastrophe.
Pat ConroyPat Conroy The uncertainty relation does not refer to the past; if the velocity of the electron is at first known and the position then exactly measured, the position for times previous to the measurement may be calculated.
Werner HeisenbergWerner Heisenberg My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to ‘Roc-A-Wear’. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of ‘Roc-A-Fella’ records, which lead to Def Jam.
Jay-ZJay-Z Be quick to learn and wise to know.
George BurnsGeorge Burns I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
Henry JamesHenry James I think there’s a sort of, you know, very thin way of reading this that says, well, Barack Obama is biracial thus that gives him some understanding of both white America and black America, but that’s not really it.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesTa-Nehisi Coates