The role of a chef today is not just to feed people, but to be a storyteller, an educator, a guardian of traditions while pushing boundaries.
— Vikas KhannaAcclaimed Indian Chef, Author & Michelin-Starred Restaurant Owner
“Those children who are enslaved, and victims of violence, belong to those sections of society that don't have a strong political voice or who are taken for granted by politicians and elites. Most of those children therefore belong to marginalised and excluded sections of our society.”— Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Child Rights Activist Against Child Labor
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Food is not just sustenance. It's memory, it's culture, it's identity. When I cook, I'm telling the story of my grandmother, my mother, the streets of Amritsar where I grew up.
— Vikas KhannaAcclaimed Indian Chef, Author & Michelin-Starred Restaurant Owner
People come to Glastonbury and can try out ways of living that can be rolled out across the country. It's a place where people come to be a part of something… something greater than the sum of its parts.
— Emily EavisCo-organizer of Glastonbury Festival with her father Michael Eavis
I never, ever, thought – even remotely – that I would make this festival my life. It was never seen as something that would run forever – and was something which was very much done 'by the seat of our pants'.
— Emily EavisCo-organizer of Glastonbury Festival with her father Michael Eavis
The most important part of being at a festival, is being completely present in those moments. If you put your phone in your pocket, you'll probably have a better time.
— Emily EavisCo-organizer of Glastonbury Festival with her father Michael Eavis
It feels to us that the festival is owned by the people, and me and my Dad are kind-of custodians of it. In that sense, it's a bit like a sailing ship… me and my Dad drive it, but the ship is made of a few hundred people.
— Emily EavisCo-organizer of Glastonbury Festival with her father Michael Eavis
One of the most precious aspects of Glastonbury is specifically that we can't put our finger on it. It's evolved slowly over 50 years to become what it is today – we've tried things that have worked, some have not, and allowed it to evolve.
— Emily EavisCo-organizer of Glastonbury Festival with her father Michael Eavis
If you're not doing this stuff already, just know that other companies are, and if you're not engaging in these activities, you can't keep up, you can't compete.
— Steven KotlerAuthor & Researcher on Flow State & Human Peak Performance
Abraham Maslow pointed out in the 1950s that flow is essentially what redeems the suffering of life. It's the psychological reward for mastery and without it, hard work can lead to burnout.
— Steven KotlerAuthor & Researcher on Flow State & Human Peak Performance
Firms like McKinsey are self-reporting that their people are 5x more productive in-flow than out of flow… 500% more productive. That means you can work Monday in-flow and take the rest of the week off – and you'd still get as much done as your peers.
— Steven KotlerAuthor & Researcher on Flow State & Human Peak Performance
Anyone worth following in peak performance will tell you that 90% of human performance is mental. The understanding of that mental aspect of the game is brand-new – perhaps 10-20 years old.
— Steven KotlerAuthor & Researcher on Flow State & Human Peak Performance
If you're not an action sport athlete, and you spend all your time chasing action sport athletes around mountains and across oceans, you're going to break things… I broke 82 bones and realized that if I didn't take my obsession beyond action sports that I would kill myself.
— Steven KotlerAuthor & Researcher on Flow State & Human Peak Performance
The digital world has democratized content – it's now available on every platform all the time – and we're going to see a whole raft of new stars, because talent can be rewarded.
— Siddharth Roy KapurIndian Film Producer & Head of Walt Disney Company India
Those three hours in a movie theatre gave people a chance to forget their woes and become one with their hero or heroine on screen. Cinema formed a means of escapism for people, from what they had to go through in their daily lives.
— Siddharth Roy KapurIndian Film Producer & Head of Walt Disney Company India
You can have many great actors but you have very few who really become movie stars. It is that indefinable quality of someone who becomes iconic that people want to come and watch regardless of the type of film they're in.
— Siddharth Roy KapurIndian Film Producer & Head of Walt Disney Company India
To make a great movie, you cannot set out to make a great movie! Great films are authentic, they capture the zeitgeist of a time and place in an entertaining and engaging way. Great cinema becomes something that reflects the mood of the time.
— Siddharth Roy KapurIndian Film Producer & Head of Walt Disney Company India