Eoin Colfer I have a lovely office at the back of my house; it’s an old stable and you can see right out to the countryside on one side and into the house on the other side. – Eoin Colfer Countryside Quotes House Quotes Lovely Quotes Office Quotes Stable Quotes I have always loved ‘Stig of the Dump.’ I think reading that book made me officially realise that I was a reader. I often meet frustrated young writers who say they’ve only got so far and just can’t finish a book. Even if you don’t happen to use what you’ve worked on that day, it has taught you something and you’ll be amazed when you might come back to it and use it again.
Maz Jobrani The number one thing I’ve heard Trump supporters say – number one thing – ‘I love him because he says what’s on his mind. He just says what’s on his mind.’ He just says what’s on his mind. You go, ‘What are your thoughts on his policies?’ ‘I don’t know about his policies. He just says what’s on his mind.’ – Maz Jobrani
Javier Bardem And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: ‘What is that doing there?’ – Javier Bardem
FailureTristan Harris Ergonomics is about designing for failure modes and extremes: how things break under repetition, stress or other limits. And the goal of ergonomic designis to create an alignment between the user’s limits, the thing you’re designing, and how people will ideally use that thing. – Tristan Harris
Adam CarollaArchitectureCar In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money… and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn’t very good at it. – Adam Carolla
Lizzie Armitstead Any woman in any career has to think about when they have children, if they want to have children, and how it’s going to affect their career. – Lizzie Armitstead
Ian Hacking Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life. – Ian Hacking
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