#so

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it. ↗

— Richard Branson

#dyslexic #failed #grasp #had #i

I'm not a party animal; I took my job as Miss USA very seriously... Sometimes, of course, I want to let it all go. Even though I'm a beauty queen, you're also an unofficial ambassador, and there's a lot of pressure. ↗

— Rima Fakih

#ambassador #animal #beauty #course #even

Socialism means slavery. ↗

— Lord Acton

#slavery #socialism

This crisis exposed very significant problems in the financial systems of the United States and some other major economies. Innovation got too far out in front of the knowledge of risk. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#economies #exposed #far #financial #financial systems

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid. ↗

— Richard Branson

#avoid #lightning #rather #something #which

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge. ↗

— Richard Branson

#obviously #our #own #personal #personal point

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going. ↗

— Richard Branson

#being #editor #entrepreneur #found #going

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 13 and it was something we weren't really aware of as a family. ↗

— Rima Fakih

#breast cancer #cancer #diagnosed #family #i

You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental. ↗

— Richard Branson

#happen #know #never #new #something

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around. ↗

— Richard Branson

#around #i #invest #money #new