Quotes

“The cure for poverty has a name, in fact: it’s called the empowerment of women. If you give women some control over the rate at which they reproduce, if you give them some say, take them off the animal cycle of reproduction to which nature and some doctrine—religious doctrine condemns them, and then if you’ll throw in a handful of seeds perhaps and some credit, the floor of everything in that village, not just poverty, but education, health, and optimism will increase. It doesn’t matter; try it in Bangladesh, try it in Bolivia, it works—works all the time. Name me one religion that stands for that, or ever has.” – Christopher Hitchens

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At some point parents no longer know what is best for their adult children, and should not try to force their interference in the guise of good will.

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Former Australian defence chief David Hurley put it best: “The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.” Culture breeds culture.

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In its purest form, computer science is the research and development of technology that solves specific problems.

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” When you are driven whatever is in front of you, will get destroyed.” – David Goggins