July 2010
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Mamihlapinatapai →
Worlds “most succinct word”.
It describes “a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.”
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An Indian now owns East India Company →
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to...
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Laws of correction
McKean’s Law
Any correction of the speech or writing of others will contain at least one grammatical, spelling, or typographical error.
Skitt’s Law
Any post correcting an error in another post will contain at least one error itself.
Muphry’s Law
If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written.
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Good Teacher
GM: see a good teacher teaches well.. not necessasry his own child will be great
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There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few that will...
– Michael Nolan
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June 2010
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27 years of India winning the World Cup
Founder-editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly David Edward Frith in a rather blunt analysis said teams like India should not be allowed to compete in a prestigious event like the World Cup. He, however declared that if India did lift the World Cup, he would eat his words. After India’s triumph, India’s team manager PR Mansingh wrote to Frith: “Now what do you have to say, Mr...
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Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile
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Teri dosti hum is tarah nibhayenge,
Tum roz khafa hona hum roz manayenge
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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May 2010
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Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then...
– Swami Vivekanand
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Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions....
– Upanishads
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April 2010
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...
– Robert A. Heinlein
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Sachin Tendulkar and Time
When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam. When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and...
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We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when...
– Albert Einstein
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March 2010
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Maths genius Grigori Perelman refuses $1m prize... →
A POOR Russian genius, who could be the world’s cleverest man, says he does not need the $1 million prize for solving one of the hardest problems in mathematics.
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You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if...
– Colin Powell (Secretary of State, USA)
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Richard St. John: “Success is a continuous journey”