QUOTA of QUOTES
“Given the prevalence of sexual violence in society, a substantial sentence must be given to send a message to abusers and victims alike that abuse against women is met with real accountability.” — Judge Arun Subramanian, addressing Sean “Diddy” Combs in a Manhattan courtroom before sentencing the hip-hop mogul to 50 months in prison for two prostitution-related convictions.
“All these years, wherever I was, the book was with me, so to be without it and to not be intensely involved in the story, is unnerving. To leave real life for artistic life felt very lucky.” — Booker Prize-winning author Kiran Desai, who spent almost two decades working on her latest book The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. (The New York Times)
“There’s no such thing as a self-made person; we live in an interconnected society where humans depend on humans, and so if you can stand on the shoulders of giants, it just takes you farther.” — Jeetu Patel, chief product officer at Cisco, which has a market cap of about $270 billion. (Fortune)
“I don’t think the universe could send a clearer signal that we should keep going in the direction that we’re going in.” — Nabarun Dasgupta, scientist at the University of North Carolina, who received a MacArthur “genius” fellowship for his groundbreaking research that aims to reduce drug overdose deaths. (NPR)
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Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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