“I don't know that I came across as being real competitive on 'The Bachelor,' although maybe I did a little bit on 'Dancing with the Stars.' I am a born competitor. The bigger the challenge the better!” KnowsLittlesRealStarsBitsBornChallengesLittle BitBiggerDancingBeing RealCompetitorsBachelorsDancing With The Stars Author:Jake Pavelka
“Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being's heart a love of wonder; the sweet amazement at the stars and starlike things and thoughts; the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what comes next, and the joy in the game of life.” HeartJoyNextGamesStarsChallengesWonderEventsSweetAppetiteSeventiesSixteenChildlikeAmazementChildlike WonderUndaunted Author:Samuel Ullman
“Indeed, our everyday world presents intellectual challenges just as daunting as those of the cosmos and the quantum, and that is where 99 per cent of scientists focus their efforts. Even the smallest insect, with its intricate structure, is far more complex than either an atom or a star.” WorldStarsChallengesEffortFocusIntellectualScientistStructureComplexesEverydayCosmosAtomsCentsQuantumSmallestInsectsIntricate Author:Martin Rees
“Any man who stands for progress has to criticize, disbelieve and challenge every item of the old faith. Item by item he has to reason out every nook and corner of the prevailing faith. If after considerable reasoning one is led to believe in any theory or philosophy, his faith is welcomed. His reasoning can be mistaken, wrong, misled and sometimes fallacious. But he is liable to correction because reason is the guiding star of his life. But mere faith and blind faith is dangerous: it dulls the brain, and makes a man reactionary.” IfsMenBelieveSometimesReasonPhilosophyStarsChallengesBrainProgressDangerousTheoryBlindMereCornersReasoningCriticizeMistakenItemsCorrectionsLiablePrevailingReactionariesBlind FaithMisledGuiding Stars Book:To make the deaf hear: ideology and programme of Bhagat Singh and his comrades Source: To make the deaf hear: ideology and programme of Bhagat Singh and his comrades
“I'm not looking to be the greatest pop star of all time. I want to be an artist. I want to influence people and I want to get people to think about the world, to think and talk to each other and connect. To challenge one another.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantArtistStarsChallengesInfluencePopsAll TimePop StarsInfluencing People Author:Jillian Hervey
“David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to say that he thinks I'm being overly generous. He points out that, for years, there used to be an "all-star challenge" on television, in which the best professional athletes from a variety of sports competed in a kind of makeshift decathlon.” ThinkingYearsKindBookUsedStarsSportsChallengesMemoriesTelevisionAthleteUsed To BeVarietyGenerousGenesAthleticsProfessional AthleteAll StarsDecathlon Author:Malcolm Gladwell