#work

You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can't get her to come and get them then they won't work. ↗

— Melinda Gates

#child #come #get #her #them

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#distance #prestige #without #work

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#action #alone #deliberation #many #work

The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#average #before #choosing #committee #crap

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#few #first #first time #how #i

I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#alive #anything #being #distracts #doing

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#family structure #fight #fighting #find #had

How can women be as thin as we are? We have personal trainers to work us out. We have specially prepared meals. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#meals #out #personal #prepared #specially

I got to see the first step, hear the first word. Most people - and certainly working moms - are not able to do that. I wanted to appreciate the fact that I had worked so hard all my life to be able to have those moments. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#appreciate #certainly #fact #first #first step

I think actually what I'm going to do when I'm done and take my next vacation, is I'm going to go over and start unions in Japan. I'm going to unionize Japan. Because the way they work those crews is so criminal. There's no overtime, so they can just keep going. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#because #crews #criminal #done #go