I don't believe in discrimination when it comes to animals.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 14 October 2011 source ↗
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What important truth do very few people agree with you on?Originally asked
Peter Thiel, to job candidates, Zero to One, chapter 1, 2014
Peter Thiel, Zero to One, chapter 1, where it is introduced as his job-interview question. Thiel supplies his own standard: a good answer takes the form "most people believe x, but the truth is the opposite of x."
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Jensen Huang
Co-founder, president and chief executive of NVIDIA
So I think that what people misunderstand is somehow the best jobs are the ones that bring you happiness all the time. I don’t think that that’s right.
Andre Russell
Jamaican cricketer; West Indies all-rounder and twice a T20 World Cup winner
I believe in Test cricket, but at the end of the day, I’m a professional. It wasn’t part of my journey. I have no regrets because it wasn’t me that turned my back.
Zuzana Čaputová
Slovak environmental lawyer and later President of Slovakia; 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winner
Ak niekto prejavuje lásku ku krajine, no zároveň šíri nenávisť voči iným ľuďom či skupinám, vnímam to ako falošné vlastenectvo.
Aaron Ciechanover
Biologist and physician; Nobel laureate in chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Science for me is a language of peace and the only one I know which is absolutely international. I can talk to a UK scientist or any scientist worldwide about my research and they understand exactly what I am talking about. We may even find an area of mutual interest to collaborate on and together we can make an even greater impact on the world around us.
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In 1985, in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, sitting on the veranda with my grandmother, people-watching, and listening to poetry and local gossip.
My ex-wife.
I hated writing and I hated reading.
I tested whistles for the police.
Growing old alone.
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