Quotable Quotes

The time is always right to do what is right - Martin Luther King Jr
Never express yourself more clearly than you think. - Neils Bohr
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates
A good captain must be a fighter; confident but not arrogant, firm but not obstinate; able to take criticism without letting it unduly disturb him, for he is sure to get it -- and unfairly, too.--Bradman, on captaincy

Warren Buffett's secrets of success .

Check the following rediff link. its very thoughtful ....
http://specials.rediff.com/money/2007/aug/10buff1.htm

(Note to self : Read and make a detailed catalogue later )

Numb - Linkin Park - Lyrics

Another LP song ...slowly i am understanding what alternative rock is all about ..

the following comment by a LP fan fits my thoughts also ...
" this song touches me, like i just don't want to be the person everyone sees anymore. i want to be me. The REAL me. it's just, whenever i show that part of me, people freak. this song encourages me to stop feeling like i'm not good enough and to move on. Away from what other people think. To stop CARING about how everyone esle views you. It's how you view yourself that really matters. " - ( source : behind the mask http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Numb-lyrics-Linkin-Park/698C1995A79CB4D948256CE100147445)

The lyrics flow here .....

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
feeling so faithless
lost under the surface
I don't know what you're expecting of me
put under the pressure
of walking in your shoes
[caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow]
every step that I take is another mistake to you
[caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow]

I've
become so numb
I can't feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
I'm becoming this
all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you.

can't you see that you're smothering me
holding too tightly
afraid to lose control
cause everything that you thought I would be
is falling apart right in front of you.

[caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow],
every step that I take is another mistake to you
[caught in the undertow,just caught in the undertow]
and every second I waste is more than I can take.

I've
become so numb
I can't feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
I'm becoming this
all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you.

And I know
I may end up failing too

But I know
you were just like me
with someone disappointed in you.


I've
become so numb
I can't feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
I'm becoming this
all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you.

I've
become so numb
I can't feel you there
[tired of being what you want me to be]
(repeat x 2)

Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park - Lyrics

One of the my favorite songs of Linkin Park...and as usual has deep meaning ..! :)..enjoy !

(When this began)
I had nothing to say
And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(I was confused)
and I let it all out to find
That I’m not the only person with these things in mind
(Inside of me)
But all that they can see the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I’ve got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

(chorus)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I’ve felt so long
(Erase all the pain till it’s gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m close to something real
I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

And I’ve got nothing to say
I can’t believe I didn’t fall right down on my face
(I was confused)
Looking everywhere only to find
That it’s not the way I had imagined it all in my mind
(So what am I)
What do I have but negativity
’Cause I can’t justify the way everyone is looking at me
(Nothing to lose)
Nothing to gain, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

(Repeat chorus)

I will never know
Myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel
Anything else until my wounds are healed
I will never be
Anything till I break away from me
I will break away
I'll find myself today

(Repeat chorus)

I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I am somewhere I belong
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I am somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong

Some curious words and idioms...

Adj.

1.

down pat - understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" "By now I've got my system down pat." mastered, down perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"

POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK? -

Racist who? Aussie panel indicts own sportstars

The Australian cricketers may be shouting from the rooftop about 'alleged' racism against them in India during their current cricket tour, but back home their own authorities are pointing fingers at them for widespread racial abuse on the sporting field. A survey done by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission of Australia has found that racism is prevalent across all sports in Australia, The Australian newspaper reports.

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Geek to Live: Lifehacker Zeitgeist - Lifehacker

Zeit·geist (tstgst, zt-) n. The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation: "It's easy to see how a student . . . in the 1940's could imbibe such notions. The Zeitgeist encouraged Philosopher-Kings" James Atlas.
[German : Zeit, time (from Middle High German zt, from Old High German; see d- in Indo-European roots) + Geist, spirit; see poltergeist.]

Thesaurus : Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Noun 1. Zeitgeist - the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation flavor, flavour, feel, spirit, smell, feeling, look, tone - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

Prospective good songs

Fray - How To Save A Life - meaningful
Mika - Grace Kelly - Funny - sounds nice
Akon - Dont Matter - love song
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby - Pop
Rihanna - Umbrella - sounds nice
Furtado - give it to me - sounds nice
Linkin Park - What I've done - meaningful
Bon Jovi - Make A Memory - love song

Book Excerpts

Beat Resistance with The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance. Therefore, the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. That's why we feel so much Resistance. If it meant nothing to us, there'd be no Resistance. [...]
The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself.
Is he scared? Hell, yes. He's petrified. [...]
So if you're paralyzed with fear, it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.

Interesting URLs

TV quiz Blog : http://thetvquiz.blogspot.com/

words-phrases-and-idioms : (for eg: meaning of 'to eat crow' ) http://linguisticmystic.com/tags/conventional-linguistics/words-phrases-and-idioms/

linux tips :
http://www.linuxtutorialblog.com/

The Financial Times ....

The fate of the US dollar and other currencies ---
Refer to this blog for understanding the issues related to the global economy ...pretty good read...

http://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.com/

What I've done - Linkin Park - lyrics

One of the most meaningful songs I've come across ....The video is even better !!!

Here go the lyrics ......! Read and understand ...!

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In this farewell
There’s no blood
There’s no alibi
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies

[Pre-Chorus]
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done

[Chorus]
I’ll face myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

Put to rest
What you thought of me
Well I cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty

[Pre-Chorus]
[What I've Done lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done

[Chorus]
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

For what I’ve done
I’ll start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I’m forgiving what I’ve done

[Chorus]
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

What I’ve done
Forgiving what I’ve done

Sombrero Galaxy -2

clipped from www.space.com NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes joined forces on May 5, 2005 to create this striking composite image of one of the most popular sights in the universe. Messier 104 is commonly known as the Sombrero galaxy because in visible light, it resembles the broad-brimmed Mexican hat. However, in Spitzer's striking infrared view, the galaxy looks more like a "bull's eye." This image is featured in our Spitzer Infrared Photo Gallery

Saturn's Moon Mimas

clipped from www.space.com In a splendid portrait created by light and gravity, Saturn's lonely moon Mimas is seen against the cool, blue-streaked backdrop of Saturn's northern hemisphere. Delicate shadows cast by the rings arc gracefully across the planet, fading into darkness on Saturn's night side.

A Still From Chandra telescope

clipped from www.space.com This composite image of Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope data offers astronomers an opportunity to compare where the hotter, X-ray emitting gas appears in relation to the cooler material seen in optical wavelengths. The Chandra team found that the chemical abundances in the region of hot gas were like those in the wind from the central star and different from the outer cooler material. Although still incredibly energetic and hot enough to radiate X rays, Chandra shows the hot gas to be somewhat cooler than scientists would have expected for such a system.

Earth

clipped from www.space.com EarthKAM captured this image of Earth during the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. EarthKAM images are beamed into students' classrooms via the Internet mere hours after they are snapped.

Sombrero Galaxy

sombrero - a broad rimmed Mexican hat

clipped from www.space.com One of the universe's most stately and photogenic galaxies, the Sombrero galaxy, Messier 104 (M104) is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. As seen from Earth, the galaxy is tilted nearly edge-on. We view it from just six degrees north of its equatorial plane. This brilliant galaxy was named the Sombrero because of its resemblance to the broad rim and high-topped Mexican hat. The Hubble Heritage Team took these observations in May-June 2003 with the space telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Ring Nebula

clipped from www.space.com Here, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope turns its infrared array camera onto the Ring Nebula, which appears to be surrounded by intricate flower petals nestled in its outer shell. Its namesake ring is formed by a thick cylinder of gas and dust encircling the core star. The nebula sits about 2,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. One light-year is about 5.88 trillion miles (9.64 trillion kilometers). The image was released on February 11, 2005. This image was featured as our Image of the Day

Mungaaru Male Lyrics

clipped from harshaonline.wordpress.com Araluthiru jeevada geleya snehada sinchanadalli baadadiru snehada hoove premada bandhanadalli manasalle irali bhaavane… midiyuthilrali mouna vene.. heege summane.. hakkiyu haadide thanna hesaranu helade sampige beeride kampanu yaarigu kelade beesuva gaaliya hakkiya haadina nantige hesarina hangilla namageke adara yochane… beda geleya nantige hesaru yaake summane… Araluthiru jeevada geleya snehada sinchanadalli baadadiru snehada hoove premada bandhanadalli manasalle irali bhaavane… midiyuthilrali mouna vene.. heege summane.. maathige meerida bhaavada selethave sundara nalumeyu thumbida manasige baaradu besara baala daariyali bere yaadaru chandira baruvanu namma jothe kaanuvenu avanalle ninnane….irali gelaya ee anubandha heege summane…. Araluthiru jeevada geleya snehada sinchanadalli baadadiru snehada hoove premada bandhanadalli manasalle irali bhaavane… midiyuthilrali mouna vene.. heege summane…

Mungaaru Male Lyrics

clipped from harshaonline.wordpress.com Mungaru Male Lyrics March 9th, 2007 The following are the lyrics of all songs of ‘Mungaru Male ‘ For lyrics in English, see this post Entry Filed under: Mungaru Male, Kannada, Lyrics

Quotable Quotes

Quotable Quotes : http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/%7Emhatre/signature.txt

A good captain must be a fighter; confident but not arrogant, firm but not obstinate; able to take criticism without letting it unduly disturb him, for he is sure to get it -- and unfairly, too.--Bradman, on captaincy



my own thoughts ....
1. If it is correct then you can convince others ; however, if you convince others, you need not be correct.

other's thoughts ....
Success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm - Winston Churchill
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. - Jean Paul Getty
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything. - Voltaire
To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. - Arnold Toynbee
"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward." - Baltazar Gracian
"Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about." - Saskya Pandita
"If I had more time I'd write a shorter letter." —Mark Twain

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Soren Kierkegaard - “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something"-Anne Frank. --------Fight with problems, not with people --------------------------------------------------------- Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self confidence. Robert Frost --------------------------------------------------------- Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. Thomas H. Huxley --------------------------------------------------------- A leader is assailed because he is a leader, and the effort to equal him is merely added proof of that leadership. Unknown --------------------------------------------------------- Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur --------------------------------------------------------- Failing to plan is planning to fail. --------------------------------------------------------- For humans, honesty is a matter of degree. Engineers are always honest in matters of technology and human relationships. That's why it's a good idea to keep engineers away from customers, romantic interests, and other people who can't handle the truth. Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle --------------------------------------------------------- The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King --------------------------------------------------------- That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse. Calvin and Hobbes --------------------------------------------------------- If all your life you live with a clear conscience, You need not fear a knock at the door at midnight. Kung Fu Meditation thought --------------------------------------------------------- A wise person makes his own decisions, A weak one obeys public opinion. Kung Fu Meditation thought --------------------------------------------------------- Beasts do not know their own strengths. Men do not know their own faults. Kung Fu Meditation thought --------------------------------------------------------- If there is something that you don't want anyone to know about, Don't do it. Kung Fu Meditation thought --------------------------------------------------------- Desire is the cause of all sorrow. Buddha --------------------------------------------------------- Childhood is short Maturity is forever. Calvin and Hobbes --------------------------------------------------------- At the bottom of an application form, it said "Sign here:" I wrote "Sagittarius". --------------------------------------------------------- A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. George Moore --------------------------------------------------------- Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, Or because others do not yet share it, Is an attitude that only hinders progress. Mahatma Gandhi --------------------------------------------------------- Use ego as a driving force for growth but not for pride. Unknown --------------------------------------------------------- Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson --------------------------------------------------------- Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that. But the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain --------------------------------------------------------- An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. M.K. Gandhi --------------------------------------------------------- 100% of the shots you don't take don't go in. Wayne Gretzky --------------------------------------------------------- Miracles happen only if we let them... Don't quit. --------------------------------------------------------- If you ever get a second chance in life for something, You've got to go all the way. Lance Armstrong --------------------------------------------------------- Think of every obstacle as an opportunity. Lance Armstrong's mom --------------------------------------------------------- Life is not fair. Get used to it! --------------------------------------------------------- A good teacher makes himself progressively more unnecessary. --------------------------------------------------------- Honour your fiercest opponent. The better your opponent, the better you have to be. Lance Armstrong --------------------------------------------------------- The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi --------------------------------------------------------- Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way. Jim Courier --------------------------------------------------------- A friend married is a friend lost. --------------------------------------------------------- Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success. Thomas Edison --------------------------------------------------------- When the defining moment comes, Either you define the moment or the moment defines you. --------------------------------------------------------- It is not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, It is the size of the fight in the dog that matters. --------------------------------------------------------- Do only what only you can do. Dijkstra --------------------------------------------------------- A picture is worth a thousand words. But a formula is worth a thousand pictures. Dijkstra --------------------------------------------------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. --------------------------------------------------------- Winners don't quit. Quitters don't win. --------------------------------------------------------- One's past is what one is. It's the only way to judge a person Oscar Wilde --------------------------------------------------------- The simplest explanation is best William of Occam --------------------------------------------------------- It doesn't take anything for a candle to light another candle. Anonymous --------------------------------------------------------- Most people live like they will never die... And die like they have never lived! --------------------------------------------------------- When you play, keep your bodies in the oven and Brains in the refrigerator. --------------------------------------------------------- If it's green, it's biology. If it stinks, it's chemistry. If it has numbers, it's math. If it doesn't work, it's technology.? Unknown --------------------------------------------------------- Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. Sir Winston Churchill --------------------------------------------------------- Home is where they take you in, no matter what.. --------------------------------------------------------- If you want to feel rich, Just count all the things you have that money can't buy. --------------------------------------------------------- Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present --------------------------------------------------------- Those who can, measure. Others simulate... Those who can, solve. Others approximate... --------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. R. W. Hamming --------------------------------------------------------- To iterate is human, to recurse is divine. L. Peter Deutsch --------------------------------------------------------- By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates --------------------------------------------------------- Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right. The the other is husband! --------------------------------------------------------- Good judgment comes from experience; Experience comes from Bad judgment. --------------------------------------------------------- The greatest enemy one must conquer is the one within. --------------------------------------------------------- Smart People learn from their mistakes, Wise People learn from OTHERS' mistakes... --------------------------------------------------------- When you lose, Don't lose the lesson. --------------------------------------------------------- Invest yourself in everything you do. There is fun in being serious. Wynston Marsalis --------------------------------------------------------- Tough times don't last. Tough people do... --------------------------------------------------------- Three most difficult things to do: Keeping a secret, forgetting an injury and making good use of leisure. Bruce Lee --------------------------------------------------------- When the going gets tough, Tough get going. When the going gets rough, Tough get rougher. --------------------------------------------------------- Marriages are like golden cages; The birds outside aspire to get in, Those inside despair to get out. --------------------------------------------------------- It is with logic that one proves; It is with intuition that one invents. Henri Poincare --------------------------------------------------------- Most people don't mind criticism..... As long as it is about someone else. --------------------------------------------------------- Never deprive someone of hope; It might be all they have. --------------------------------------------------------- Winning is not everything, It is the ONLY thing.. --------------------------------------------------------- Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey --------------------------------------------------------- Give people a second chance, but not a third. --------------------------------------------------------- Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know. --------------------------------------------------------- World listens to what you say, But a friend listens to what you CANNOT say. --------------------------------------------------------- One kind word warms up three winter months.. Japanese saying. One good heater warms up all your winters.. My solution :)) --------------------------------------------------------- If you smile when no one else is around, You really mean it. --------------------------------------------------------- You are unique, Just like everyone else. --------------------------------------------------------- Talent is gift plus passion. A desire so intense that no force on earth can stop it. --------------------------------------------------------- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching --------------------------------------------------------- He who takes no risks, Loses nothing. But gains nothing either... --------------------------------------------------------- The most important lesson that you can learn from winning is that YOU CAN. --------------------------------------------------------- It is never the WRONG time to do the RIGHT thing, It is never the RIGHT time to do the WRONG thing.. --------------------------------------------------------- Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life and death matters, Nothing is as important as it first seems. --------------------------------------------------------- Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret. --------------------------------------------------------- Praise in public. Criticize in private. --------------------------------------------------------- Be cautious about lending money to friends. You might lose both. --------------------------------------------------------- Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born. --------------------------------------------------------- Winners do what losers don't want to do. --------------------------------------------------------- Be bold and courageous. When you look back at your life, You will regret the things that you didn't do more than the ones you did. --------------------------------------------------------- Just to see how it feels, for the next 24 hours Refrain from criticizing anyone or anything. --------------------------------------------------------- Every person that you meet knows something that you don't. Learn from them. --------------------------------------------------------- Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. --------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared. You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. --------------------------------------------------------- Watch out for big problems. They disguise big opportunities. --------------------------------------------------------- What you must do, do cheerfully and whole heartedly. --------------------------------------------------------- Don't trust your memory, write it down! --------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well. --------------------------------------------------------- Remember that when your mom says "You'll regret it", You probably will.. --------------------------------------------------------- If you borrow something more than twice, Buy one for yourself. --------------------------------------------------------- Never make fun of people who speak broken English. It means they know another language. --------------------------------------------------------- Remember that the only dumb question is the one you wanted to ask, But didn't. --------------------------------------------------------- Ask yourself if what you are doing today Will get you closer to where you want to be tomorrow. --------------------------------------------------------- You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. --------------------------------------------------------- Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. Cato the Elder --------------------------------------------------------- Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. Charles Caleb Colton --------------------------------------------------------- ... divide each difficulty into as many pieces as possible and as could be required to better solve them. Rene Descartes, Discourse in the Method --------------------------------------------------------- Too many people overvalue what they are not, And undervalue what they are. Malcom Forbes --------------------------------------------------------- Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. Benjamin Franklin --------------------------------------------------------- Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful. --------------------------------------------------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Confucius --------------------------------------------------------- There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave. Erdos --------------------------------------------------------- Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools talk because they have to say something. Plato --------------------------------------------------------- Everybody thinks of changing humanity. No one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy --------------------------------------------------------- A fool thinks himself to be wise, But a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare --------------------------------------------------------- When all is said and done, weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure. --------------------------------------------------------- Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows. Unknown --------------------------------------------------------- Confidence comes not from always being right, But from not fearing to be wrong. --------------------------------------------------------- An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. Arab Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Bear in mind that Great Achievements and Great Love involve Great Risks. --------------------------------------------------------- The minute you settle for less than what you deserve, You get even less than what you settled for. --------------------------------------------------------- Drink nothing without seeing it; Sign nothing without reading it. Spanish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli --------------------------------------------------------- First deserve, and then desire. English Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as To remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances. Thomas Jefferson --------------------------------------------------------- God gives nuts but he does not crack them. German Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Procrastination is like a credit card: It's a lot of fun until you get the bill. Christopher Parker --------------------------------------------------------- Go often to the house of a friend; For weeds soon choke up the unused path. Scandinavian Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Sure Linux is user friendly, It's just picky about who its friends are! --------------------------------------------------------- The greatest love is a mother's; Then comes a dog's; Then a sweetheart's. Polish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I learn. Benjamin Franklin --------------------------------------------------------- He who respects his parents never dies. Greek Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. Spanish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Successful people are very lucky. Ask any failure. --------------------------------------------------------- Never fear shadows.. They simply mean that there's light shining somewhere nearby Ruth E. Renkel --------------------------------------------------------- In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, In times of adversity not one in twenty. English Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Never give advice unless asked. German Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- A man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 30 has wasted 20 years of his life. Muhammad Ali --------------------------------------------------------- Shared joy is a double joy; Shared sorrow is half a sorrow. Swedish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- No day in which you learn something is a complete loss. --------------------------------------------------------- While it is important to win, It's imperative to compete. Dave Weinbaum --------------------------------------------------------- Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Mother Teresa --------------------------------------------------------- We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it. French Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- When spiders unite they can tie down a lion. Ethiopian Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- A wise man has long ears and a short tongue. German Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. --------------------------------------------------------- A woman cries before the wedding and a man after. Polish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- If your mind isn't open, Keep your mouth shut too. --------------------------------------------------------- Talk slowly but think quickly. --------------------------------------------------------- It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of our own ignorance. --------------------------------------------------------- Trust in God but lock your car. --------------------------------------------------------- Marriage is not a lottery. Coz, in lottery, you at least have a chance... --------------------------------------------------------- Work like you don't need the money Love like you've never been hurt Dance like nobody's watching --------------------------------------------------------- We don't stop laughing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop laughing. --------------------------------------------------------- A pessimist sees RED light wherever he goes. An optimist sees GREEN light wherever he goes. A wise man is colour blind. --------------------------------------------------------- Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye opener. --------------------------------------------------------- Borrow money from pessimists, they don't expect it back. --------------------------------------------------------- Only a life lived for others is a life worth while. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Hellen Keller ---------------------------------------------------------

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Famous SportsPersons ..

Vishwanathan Anand  - After becoming World Number 1 : http://specials.rediff.com/sports/2007/may/23slide1.htm

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Narayana Murthy Speech

Life lessons from Narayana Murthy

N R Narayana Murthy, chief mentor and chairman of the board, Infosys Technologies, delivered a pre-commencement lecture at the New York University (Stern School of Business) on May 9. It is a scintillating speech, Murthy speaks about the lessons he learnt from his life and career. We present it for our readers:

Dean Cooley, faculty, staff, distinguished guests, and, most importantly, the graduating class of 2007, it is a great privilege to speak at your commencement ceremonies.

I thank Dean Cooley and Prof Marti Subrahmanyam for their kind invitation. I am exhilarated to be part of such a joyous occasion. Congratulations to you, the class of 2007, on completing an important milestone in your life journey.

After some thought, I have decided to share with you some of my life lessons. I learned these lessons in the context of my early career struggles, a life lived under the influence of sometimes unplanned events which were the crucibles that tempered my character and reshaped my future.

I would like first to share some of these key life events with you, in the hope that these may help you understand my struggles and how chance events and unplanned encounters with influential persons shaped my life and career.

Later, I will share the deeper life lessons that I have learned. My sincere hope is that this sharing will help you see your own trials and tribulations for the hidden blessings they can be.

The first event occurred when I was a graduate student in Control Theory at IIT, Kanpur, in India. At breakfast on a bright Sunday morning in 1968, I had a chance encounter with a famous computer scientist on sabbatical from a well-known US university.

He was discussing exciting new developments in the field of computer science with a large group of students and how such developments would alter our future. He was articulate, passionate and quite convincing. I was hooked. I went straight from breakfast to the library, read four or five papers he had suggested, and left the library determined to study computer science.

Friends, when I look back today at that pivotal meeting, I marvel at how one role model can alter for the better the future of a young student. This experience taught me that valuable advice can sometimes come from an unexpected source, and chance events can sometimes open new doors.

The next event that left an indelible mark on me occurred in 1974. The location: Nis, a border town between former Yugoslavia, now Serbia, and Bulgaria. I was hitchhiking from Paris back to Mysore, India, my home town.

By the time a kind driver dropped me at Nis railway station at 9 p.m. on a Saturday night, the restaurant was closed. So was the bank the next morning, and I could not eat because I had no local money. I slept on the railway platform until 8.30 pm in the night when the Sofia Express pulled in.

The only passengers in my compartment were a girl and a boy. I struck a conversation in French with the young girl. She talked about the travails of living in an iron curtain country, until we were roughly interrupted by some policemen who, I later gathered, were summoned by the young man who thought we were criticising the communist government of Bulgaria.

The girl was led away; my backpack and sleeping bag were confiscated. I was dragged along the platform into a small 8x8 foot room with a cold stone floor and a hole in one corner by way of toilet facilities. I was held in that bitterly cold room without food or water for over 72 hours.

I had lost all hope of ever seeing the outside world again, when the door opened. I was again dragged out unceremoniously, locked up in the guard's compartment on a departing freight train and told that I would be released 20 hours later upon reaching Istanbul. The guard's final words still ring in my ears -- "You are from a friendly country called India and that is why we are letting you go!"

The journey to Istanbul was lonely, and I was starving. This long, lonely, cold journey forced me to deeply rethink my convictions about Communism. Early on a dark Thursday morning, after being hungry for 108 hours, I was purged of any last vestiges of affinity for the Left.

I concluded that entrepreneurship, resulting in large-scale job creation, was the only viable mechanism for eradicating poverty in societies.

Deep in my heart, I always thank the Bulgarian guards for transforming me from a confused Leftist into a determined, compassionate capitalist! Inevitably, this sequence of events led to the eventual founding of Infosys in 1981.

While these first two events were rather fortuitous, the next two, both concerning the Infosys journey, were more planned and profoundly influenced my career trajectory.

On a chilly Saturday morning in winter 1990, five of the seven founders of Infosys met in our small office in a leafy Bangalore suburb. The decision at hand was the possible sale of Infosys for the enticing sum of $1 million. After nine years of toil in the then business-unfriendly India, we were quite happy at the prospect of seeing at least some money.

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I let my younger colleagues talk about their future plans. Discussions about the travails of our journey thus far and our future challenges went on for about four hours. I had not yet spoken a word.

Finally, it was my turn. I spoke about our journey from a small Mumbai apartment in 1981 that had been beset with many challenges, but also of how I believed we were at the darkest hour before the dawn. I then took an audacious step. If they were all bent upon selling the company, I said, I would buy out all my colleagues, though I did not have a cent in my pocket.

There was a stunned silence in the room. My colleagues wondered aloud about my foolhardiness. But I remained silent. However, after an hour of my arguments, my colleagues changed their minds to my way of thinking. I urged them that if we wanted to create a great company, we should be optimistic and confident. They have more than lived up to their promise of that day.

In the seventeen years since that day, Infosys has grown to revenues in excess of $3.0 billion, a net income of more than $800 million and a market capitalisation of more than $28 billion, 28,000 times richer than the offer of $1 million on that day.

In the process, Infosys has created more than 70,000 well-paying jobs, 2,000-plus dollar-millionaires and 20,000-plus rupee millionaires.

A final story: On a hot summer morning in 1995, a Fortune-10 corporation had sequestered all their Indian software vendors, including Infosys, in different rooms at the Taj Residency hotel in Bangalore so that the vendors could not communicate with one another. This customer's propensity for tough negotiations was well-known. Our team was very nervous.

First of all, with revenues of only around $5 million, we were minnows compared to the customer.

Second, this customer contributed fully 25% of our revenues. The loss of this business would potentially devastate our recently-listed company.

Third, the customer's negotiation style was very aggressive. The customer team would go from room to room, get the best terms out of each vendor and then pit one vendor against the other. This went on for several rounds. Our various arguments why a fair price -- one that allowed us to invest in good people, R&D, infrastructure, technology and training -- was actually in their interest failed to cut any ice with the customer.

By 5 p.m. on the last day, we had to make a decision right on the spot whether to accept the customer's terms or to walk out.

All eyes were on me as I mulled over the decision. I closed my eyes, and reflected upon our journey until then. Through many a tough call, we had always thought about the long-term interests of Infosys. I communicated clearly to the customer team that we could not accept their terms, since it could well lead us to letting them down later. But I promised a smooth, professional transition to a vendor of customer's choice.

This was a turning point for Infosys.

Subsequently, we created a Risk Mitigation Council which ensured that we would never again depend too much on any one client, technology, country, application area or key employee. The crisis was a blessing in disguise. Today, Infosys has a sound de-risking strategy that has stabilised its revenues and profits.

I want to share with you, next, the life lessons these events have taught me.

1. I will begin with the importance of learning from experience. It is less important, I believe, where you start. It is more important how and what you learn. If the quality of the learning is high, the development gradient is steep, and, given time, you can find yourself in a previously unattainable place. I believe the Infosys story is living proof of this.

Learning from experience, however, can be complicated. It can be much more difficult to learn from success than from failure. If we fail, we think carefully about the precise cause. Success can indiscriminately reinforce all our prior actions.

2. A second theme concerns the power of chance events. As I think across a wide variety of settings in my life, I am struck by the incredible role played by the interplay of chance events with intentional choices. While the turning points themselves are indeed often fortuitous, how we respond to them is anything but so. It is this very quality of how we respond systematically to chance events that is crucial.

3. Of course, the mindset one works with is also quite critical. As recent work by the psychologist, Carol Dweck, has shown, it matters greatly whether one believes in ability as inherent or that it can be developed. Put simply, the former view, a fixed mindset, creates a tendency to avoid challenges, to ignore useful negative feedback and leads such people to plateau early and not achieve their full potential.

The latter view, a growth mindset, leads to a tendency to embrace challenges, to learn from criticism and such people reach ever higher levels of achievement (Krakovsky, 2007: page 48).

4. The fourth theme is a cornerstone of the Indian spiritual tradition: self-knowledge. Indeed, the highest form of knowledge, it is said, is self-knowledge. I believe this greater awareness and knowledge of oneself is what ultimately helps develop a more grounded belief in oneself, courage, determination, and, above all, humility, all qualities which enable one to wear one's success with dignity and grace.

Based on my life experiences, I can assert that it is this belief in learning from experience, a growth mindset, the power of chance events, and self-reflection that have helped me grow to the present.

Back in the 1960s, the odds of my being in front of you today would have been zero. Yet here I stand before you! With every successive step, the odds kept changing in my favour, and it is these life lessons that made all the difference.

My young friends, I would like to end with some words of advice. Do you believe that your future is pre-ordained, and is already set? Or, do you believe that your future is yet to be written and that it will depend upon the sometimes fortuitous events?

Do you believe that these events can provide turning points to which you will respond with your energy and enthusiasm? Do you believe that you will learn from these events and that you will reflect on your setbacks? Do you believe that you will examine your successes with even greater care?

I hope you believe that the future will be shaped by several turning points with great learning opportunities. In fact, this is the path I have walked to much advantage.

A final word: When, one day, you have made your mark on the world, remember that, in the ultimate analysis, we are all mere temporary custodians of the wealth we generate, whether it be financial, intellectual, or emotional. The best use of all your wealth is to share it with those less fortunate.

I believe that we have all at some time eaten the fruit from trees that we did not plant. In the fullness of time, when it is our turn to give, it behooves us in turn to plant gardens that we may never eat the fruit of, which will largely benefit generations to come. I believe this is our sacred responsibility, one that I hope you will shoulder in time.

Thank you for your patience. Go forth and embrace your future with open arms, and pursue enthusiastically your own life journey of discovery!

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clipped from www.ruhanirabin.com Famous Quotes from Albert Einstein We always have something to learn from this Talented Genius Albert Einstein . Here are some of his most famous quotes.  In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius (and a lot of courage) to move in the opposite direction. A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin - what else does a man need to be happy? Imagination is more important than knowledge. Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. One does not make wars less likely by formulating rules of warfare. Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details. If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

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The phrase "Once in a blue Moon" was first noted in 1824 and refers to occurrences that are uncommon, though not truly rare. Yet, to have two full Moons in the same month is not as uncommon as one might think. In fact, it occurs, on average, about every 32 months. And in the year 1999, it occurred twice in a span of just three months!

It was not until the year 1999 that the origin of the calendrical term "Blue Moon" was at long last discovered. It was during the time frame from 1932 through 1957 that the Maine Farmers' Almanac suggested that if one of the four seasons (winter, spring, summer or fall) contained four full Moons instead of the usual three, that the third full Moon should be called a "Blue Moon."

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