“My father taught me an important lesson; when you get something, when you receive something, it's important to give back. This lesson is something that has really stuck with me through my whole life.”— Renzo Rosso
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It hurts to be on the stage, and it can be scary, and it can be really, really gut-wrenching. But if deep down in your heart the problem you're trying to solve is something that is so important to you, that will erase the noise of the millions of voices in the arena.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
Nobody will ever be an entrepreneur for the sake of being one. No successful entrepreneur ever woke up and was like, 'I want to be an entrepreneur...' Almost every successful entrepreneur woke-up and experienced or identified a problem they passionately and vigorously wanted to solve.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
I had this burning passion in me to prove to myself, and on behalf of other women, that if my voice was being stifled... and if I was being treated a certain way... that I had to stand up. What type of example would I set to other women and girls? I had to show that if you get knocked off the horse, you get right back up.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
Credentials don't always define who someone is, or who they're going to be. The only way to engineer virality and make a product work is to understand the consumer, and that changes from city to city, from country to country.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
We're also at a time where political culture has become popular culture – in other words, it's become a central talking point for everyone… it's become the water cooler conversation – and political comedy and satire have really come to the fore.
— Hasan MinhajComedian and former Daily Show correspondent known for Netflix special "Patriot Act
Comedy delivers the cerebral and the hyperbole, it can be funny and serious. Comedy is built on the idea of building pressure…. Building tension and then breaking it… a great punchline cuts after a ton of pressure you build up on a premise, and you know what? That's just how life works.
— Hasan MinhajComedian and former Daily Show correspondent known for Netflix special "Patriot Act
Growing up, I was a speech and debate kid – and I realised that anytime I made the judges laugh, I would automatically get 10-15 points higher on my final score! Comedy, and making people laugh, has the power to engender empathy and to make people like you.
— Hasan MinhajComedian and former Daily Show correspondent known for Netflix special "Patriot Act
Comedy chips at people in power, particularly those who use tyrannical power. It strips their fake respect, and destroys the fake fear they create; and these are people who rely on being respected, and being feared. Comedy and satire make the emperor look naked.
— Bassem YoussefEgyptian comedian and political satirist known for "The Daily Show" parody
People have lost their belief in the establishment, they believe that the outsider who would bring anger and chaos is much better than the status quo; even if that is against their own interests. Fear is a great weapon, and tyrants use fear against their people to encourage them to vote for increases in military spending, even when infrastructure, education and healthcare are suffering.
— Bassem YoussefEgyptian comedian and political satirist known for "The Daily Show" parody
No one wakes up eager to write because it often reveals your shortcomings. It's like staring at your face in a mirror for two hours—after a few minutes, all you see are flaws. Discipline sees me through those self-doubts.
— Kareem Abdul-JabbarNBA's All-Time Leading Scorer & Six-Time Champion
When you're a child, you define your team as those wearing the same jerseys and your team's goal is to defeat anyone wearing different jerseys. But as you get older, your notion of what constitutes a team evolves.
— Kareem Abdul-JabbarNBA's All-Time Leading Scorer & Six-Time Champion
Sports taught me that, rather than be blind followers of rules, we need to constantly question them as to their purpose and validity and be bold enough to change them if they don't serve our value of fair play.
— Kareem Abdul-JabbarNBA's All-Time Leading Scorer & Six-Time Champion
So, the lesson I eventually learned was to distinguish between which teams are sincere in promoting true teamwork, and which are jingoistic self-serving pretenders. Teamwork does make the dream work, but not every team is worthy.
— Kareem Abdul-JabbarNBA's All-Time Leading Scorer & Six-Time Champion
A little neglect may breed mischief …for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.
— John WoodenLegendary Basketball Coach & Teacher, Won 10 NCAA National Championships
If you do not pull your socks on tightly, you're likely to get wrinkles in them. Wrinkles cause blisters. Blisters force players to sit on the sideline. And players sitting on the sideline lose games.
— John WoodenLegendary Basketball Coach & Teacher, Won 10 NCAA National Championships
I also worry greatly about how our world is now, with so many people and few resources to sustain them… with countries who are threatening each other with atomic weapons…. Weapons which can never be used because they would destroy the earth.
— Eva SchlossHolocaust survivor and author, stepsister of Anne Frank