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		The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mcewan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia E. Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Lencioni 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had great music departments. I always played in the orchestra, the jazz band, the marching band. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and 2010, is often cited as the most dramatic use of a cyber weapon. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barton Gellman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vidya Balan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mae Jemison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Over a period of 11 months, I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening and traumatic experience. So often, these terrible memories come to me. I can't ignore them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Dekker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Krista Tippett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Circumstances have rarely favored great men. A lowly beginning is no bar to a great career. The boy who works his way through college may have a hard time of it, but he will learn how to work his way in life, and will usually take higher rank in school and in after life than his classmate who is the son of a millionaire. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orison Swett Marden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I divide the word into learners and nonlearners. There are people who learn, who are open to what happens around them, who listen, who hear the lessons. When they do something stupid, they don't do it again. And when they do something that works a little bit, they do it even better and harder the next time. The question to ask is not whether you are a success or a failure, but whether you are a learner or a nonlearner. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Benjamin Barber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mcewan