Neil Jackson I’d like to be an inventor, as they look at the world in a different way and find solutions for making it better. – Neil Jackson Inventor Quotes Solutions Quotes When I was a young kid, the best stuff on television was always the BBC period dramas – it was what we sat down as a family to watch and what people talked about and looked forward to. When I was eight, my mum found me humming to myself and scribbling on a scrap of paper. When she asked me what I was doing, I got shy. I was writing a Christmas song, and I had never shared my music with anyone before. Reluctantly, I sang it for her… and she loved it. Of course she did – she’s my mum.
Adam Grant You want people who choose to follow because they genuinely believe in ideas, not because they’re afraid to be punished if they don’t. For startups, there’s so much pivoting that’s required that if you have a bunch of sheep, you’re in bad shape. – Adam Grant
Eleanor Catton I’m a Libra. I’m happy to be an air sign, but I do think I have a little too much air in my chart as a whole – some more water would be useful, especially in my personal life, as an emotional counterweight to all that abstraction. – Eleanor Catton
Pat Roberts Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement. – Pat Roberts
Mark E Smith I’m just never getting there. I’m getting round to it. I’m beginning to understand it a bit more. – Mark E Smith
AnniversaryBirthdayDadJonny Bairstow The 20th anniversary of my dad David’s death coincided with my 50th Test cap and for it to be my mum Janet’s birthday, too, made it an emotional few days. It was not an easy week, being the Pink Test and my mum having had breast cancer twice. – Jonny Bairstow
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