“With the attention I got on my wealth, I thought I would have become a source of resentment, but it is just the other way around - it just generates that much more ambition in many people.” PeopleWayWealthAttentionSourceAmbitionResentment Author:Azim Premji
“By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there's more news that's falling into books.” WayBookFallGamesTermVirtueSubjectsMediaSourceDisciplineMessagesNewsTreatsAccessReportersDefault Author:Ron Suskind
“Rock records. It's the main source of inspiration for people - fans, or musicians, or both - to act out in ways that they wouldn't normally act out. Especially rock critics. Ultimately, records don't really hurt anybody, and neither do reviews.” PeopleWayInspirationHurtRecordsFansRocksSourceMusicianCriticsReviewsSource Of Inspiration Author:Ryan Adams
“We weren’t trying to strike it rich with Firefox. It’s open source and it’s free. We weren’t trying to take over the world; we had kind of modest goals, and it was OK if it failed. We were a lot freer to make risky decisions. If you can afford to do things that way, it’s just so much better. You’re not thinking about venture capitalists or marketing or sales. Just product and users, all day every day.” IfsThinkingWorldWayTryingKindGoalDecisionRichProductsSourceMarketingStrikesCapitalistUsersModestVentureOpen SourceVenture Capitalists Author:Blake Ross
“I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.” WayLooksMeanFilmSourceIndependentArabiaGood FilmsSteroidMummyLawrence Of Arabia Author:Brendan Fraser
“One of the ways that Microsoft beat Apple way back in the day was that they were a lot more open; today, in the world I come from, the free software and open-source world, Microsoft is not generally viewed as open; they're viewed as proprietary.” WorldWayTodaySourceBeatsApplesSoftwareMicrosoftBack In The DayOpen Source Author:Jimmy Wales
“A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in such a way. From straws like these, drawn from completely different sources, the fabric of a character may be built.” MenWayMayDifferentCharacterHandsMightSpiritTurnsSourceBuiltAgonyFabricHumiliationStraws Book:The Fabric of Memory Source: The Fabric of Memory
“But when you personalize your life, when you make your life a place where you can be yourself, when you do things the way you want to do them, your life feels like your home. And that is a tremendous source of emotional energy.” WayWantFeelsHomeEnergyEmotionalLike YouSourceBeing YourselfEmotional Energy Book:The Emotional Energy Factor: The Secrets High-Energy People Use to Beat Emotional Fatigue Source: The Emotional Energy Factor: The Secrets High-Energy People Use to Beat Emotional Fatigue
“The inner cry is a very good way to meditate. As you're sitting there in meditation, just cry inwardly to God, to that source, to your spiritual teacher or to a particular god or goddess.” WaySpiritualTeacherMeditationCryParticularSourceSittingVery GoodGoddessGood WayVisualizationSpiritual Teachers Author:Frederick Lenz
“One of the most disturbing ways that climate change is already playing out is through what ecologists call "mismatch" or "mistiming." This is the process whereby warming causes animals to fall out of step with a critical food source, particularly at breeding times, when a failure to find enough food can lead to rapid population losses.” WayEnoughScienceFallCausesProcessLossAnimalStepsFoodSourceClimateClimate ChangePopulationCriticalRapidsDisturbingBreedingMismatch Author:Naomi Klein