Nicholas Negroponte One of the arguments here at OLPC is, if 100 million kids could have an Asus running Windows, is that better with two million kids running the XO? And the answer is yes. We want kids connected and the largest possible number is the goal. – Nicholas Negroponte Answer Quotes Arguments Quotes Asus Quotes Connected Quotes Goal Quotes Kids Quotes Largest Quotes Olpc Quotes Running Quotes Windows Quotes Xo Quotes Give One, Get One generated about 100,000 zero-dollar laptops. Somebody else paid for them, but from the recipient’s point of view, that’s zero. My goal is not selling laptops. OLPC is not in the laptop business. It’s in the education business.
Natasha Trethewey People always want to be on the right side of history; it is a lot easier to say, ‘What an atrocity that was’ then it is to say, ‘What an atrocity this is.’ – Natasha Trethewey
Iain McGilchrist Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us. – Iain McGilchrist
Hideo Kojima I always observe the people who pass by when I ride an escalator. I’ll never see most of them again, so I imagine a lot of things about their lives… about the day ahead of them. – Hideo Kojima
Rachel Griffiths You know Texas is – even more now that Enron has bit the dust – it’s held up on the back of small businesses. – Rachel Griffiths
FamilyKate Garraway I look at my gorgeous girl and boy, with their incredible zest for life, and I count my undoubted blessings. But there’s no question about it: I wish I’d started my family sooner. Much much sooner. – Kate Garraway
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