Acheivment Quotes

“The relevant question is not whether back then a few extraordinary individuals could overcome a system strongly weighted against them or whether today an admittedly far greater number requiring far less talent can succeed. The real question is whether it's harder for the people in this audience to succeed be they extraordinary, average, or below average. If it is, and I think it obvious that it is, then that's untenable in a country that purports to provide equal opportunity for all. Now of course you'll dispute my claim that it is more difficult to succeed for them. You say the battle's over. I say not only is it not over but you yourself are stationed on the frontline of the battle and have been all these years. This room and the criminal justice system as a whole is the frontline. This is where modern-day segregation lives on.”
― Sergio De La Pava, A Naked Singularity

“Your dreams and your actual life have different paces. For most people, dream life runs too fast for them. They continuously dream and after a few years, they realize that in real life, they have not moved a bit. Eventually, this gap between achieving in real life and in dream life is at the core of all the pain we suffer.”
― Anupam S Shlok