#micro

I turned down a lot of easier opportunities in order to go for the things that I really and ultimately wanted to do. And what's really nice is that it's starting to work. I've been an actor for coming up on 14 years now and the level of activity that's taking place now is a culmination of a slow cooker approach to as opposed to a microwave. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#actor #approach #been #coming #culmination

Over the near term there is clearly the opportunity to work with Microsoft to do to a better job of creating a more secure Windows experience for users around the world. ↗

— John W. Thompson

#better #better job #clearly #creating #experience

Sports are a microcosm of society. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#microcosm #society

I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#handle #i #kid #microphone #pretended

There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97. ↗

— Bruce Schneier

#entire #every #excel #flight #hidden

Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#charity #micro-credit #poor #poverty #social-business

This is the basis for the most important critique of microfinance. The poor are not entrepreneurs. The idea that more than a few will turn tiny loans into a viable business is simply unrealistic. ↗

— Ian Smillie

#economics #ian-smillie #microfinance #poor #poverty

To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower pot, you get a perfect replica of the tallest tree, but it is only inches tall. There is nothing wrong with the seed you planted; only the soil-base you provided was inadequate. Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong with their seeds. Only society never gave them a base to grow on. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#microfinance #poverty #social-business #society #business