What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore?
Recorded Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said elsewhere, not written here
One day, I spoke to him about my sense of shame. He looked me in the eyes and told me that brewing was a science; it was not about getting drunk. He did not stop there. He said: 'Do not make judgment on things, people, and issues with half information.' He said there is truth in everything you see around. So, look for everything in its entirety. That was a game-changing moment for me.

Subroto Bagchi, Forbes India, 3 September 2009 source ↗

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Jürgen Klopp German football manager; Liverpool 2015–2024
You have to change from doubter to believer.
Recorded Introductory press conference as Liverpool manager, Anfield, October 2015, Sky Sports, 17 May 2024 source ↗
George Schaller Field biologist and conservationist; Wildlife Conservation Society
Certainly, if you want to get into the field of biology these days, you should also study anthropology because so much work now is with communities. How do you help communities? How do you convince communities to protect their environment? — Especially if, let’s say, you have a tiger eating your cows. The natural gesture is to kill that tiger. Well, what are the alternatives? That’s the kind of thing one is now increasingly working with.
Recorded Academy of Achievement recorded interview, American Academy of Achievement, 7 November 2017 source ↗
Andrew Young Civil rights leader, US Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta
Everything I did, and I think everything Martin Luther King did, was because we allowed our lives to be in tune with what we felt to be a divine purpose. And it didn’t matter whether we lived or died. It didn’t matter how much money we made, or what we accomplished.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 14 August 2013 source ↗
Susan Butcher Dog musher; four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
But whenever you do find something — maybe it’s not as passionate for you as dog mushing has been for me — but the fact that you have any interest, that is what you should go with.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 29 June 1991 source ↗

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