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What counsel would you give your twenty-year-old self — and what should they ignore?
Grace Hopper

United States Navy rear admiral; computer scientist; co-designer of COBOL

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
Always remember that it's much easier to apologize than to get permission. In this world of computers, the best thing to do is to do it.

Lake Forest College, Chicago Tribune, 9 December 1982 (via Quote Investigator), 9 December 1982 source ↗

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Indra Nooyi Chief executive of PepsiCo, 2006–2018
Never give up your passion for learning. And zoom out of your field before you zoom in. Some of my very best business insights have come from reading around subjects. They have come from approaching questions at a strange angle, from thinking about them from a different point of view. A lot of the knowledge that has really given me an edge in business has come from history, psychology, even chemistry. Connecting seemingly unconnected dots is what has served me well.
Recorded Wake Forest University commencement, 2011 source ↗
Jürgen Klopp German football manager; Liverpool 2015–2024
You have to change from doubter to believer.
Recorded Introductory press conference as Liverpool manager, Anfield, October 2015, Sky Sports, 17 May 2024 source ↗
Aung San Suu Kyi Leader of the National League for Democracy; Nobel Peace Prize laureate; State Counsellor of Myanmar, 2016–2021
Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world. To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart.
Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 16 June 2012 source ↗
Richard Ford Novelist and short-story writer
Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer’s a good idea.
Recorded The Guardian Review, 20 February 2010 source ↗

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