“We have become so dependent on technology. I am not fond of technology myself, and I do not have a smart phone.” Quote by Shinobu Yaguchi
“In Japanese society, the competitiveness is within a traditional respecting framework. The Japanese will not compete if that competition involves violence or if it is a zero sum gain - if you win, someone has to lose.” IfsWinningLosesViolenceGainsCompetitionTraditionalZeroFrameworkCompetitiveness Author:Shinobu Yaguchi
“I certainly have more enthusiasm when I'm dealing with marginalized people in Japan, and as a creative person I am part of that marginalization.” PeoplePersonsCreativeEnthusiasmJapanCreative PersonMarginalizedMarginalization Author:Shinobu Yaguchi
“Trudeau motivated people between the ages of 18 to 35 to vote, and 82 per cent of them voted for him. That changed Canadian politics forever. If they stay motivated, and believe me, they are, no party can ever get a majority mandate again without winning at least 60 per cent of those voters. There hasn't been a Conservative candidate in 15 years that ever got on a campus anywhere here in any Canadian university and wasn't thrown stones at.” PeopleIfsYearsBelieveAgeWinningPartyForeverChangedStonesVoteMajorityUniversityConservativeCandidatesThrownVotersMotivatedCentsBelieve In MeCampusMandatesStay Motivated Author:Kevin O'Leary
“The more time you invest in something, potentially, the deeper the emotional impact of the climax. It's true of relationships, too.” EmotionalImpactDeeperMore TimeClimax Author:Brit Marling
“I couldn't be a novelist for instance. It feels like a very lonely endeavor. I don't know that I could survive the solitude of that.” KnowsFeelsSolitudeLonelyInstanceNovelistsEndeavor Author:Brit Marling
“For some reason, I have a very strange conception of time. I am constantly hovering at some overview, more macro.” ReasonStrangeConceptionHoveringMacroOverview Author:Brit Marling
“What I like about acting is that you have to be super, super present in the moment. That's not something that comes to me naturally. But if you take the long view on anything, nothing can really affect you or knock you down. It's like, we're here for a blink, we're just the human experiment, one of many experiments going on in the universe, and it's interesting, it's beautiful by fits and starts, but I can't take it that personally. I'm just one of billions of people attempting.” PeopleIfsHumansLongI CanMomentsBeautifulUniverseInterestingViewsActingFitBillionsExperimentsJust OneAttemptingBlink Author:Brit Marling
“For me, fantasy and speculative science fiction are the genres that feel closest to how I feel about being alive. Like, when I feel the most invigorated by just even a walk down the block in twilight, when the street lamps are just coming on and there's mist and some shadowy thing in silhouette in a window, I naturally invest all of those things with deep mythology and mystery and meaning. I think I need to believe in that version of reality because I get very scared when I don't.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsBelieveRealityWalksFictionFantasyAliveMysteryStreetsWindowScience FictionScaredMythologyVersionsBlockGenreTwilightClosestLampsMistSilhouettes Author:Brit Marling
“There's a lot of people in the world that would love to trade places with American citizens, and we are very fortunate to be here.” PeopleWorldCitizensTradeFortunateAmerican Citizens Author:Reid Hoffman
“We've been working for years on how we can use technology to help people make their own jobs, become entrepreneurs, create their own small businesses. Those are the kinds of things that I and a bunch of other people at LinkedIn actually work on.” PeopleYearsKindHelpingUseJobsTechnologyEntrepreneurBunchSmall BusinessLinkedin Author:Reid Hoffman