Tim Berners-Lee (1955) British computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web
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Oluşmak (To Become) Aphorisms (Pan Publishing House, Istanbul, 2011)
Tim Berners-Lee (1955) British computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web
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“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Context: It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
“Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.”
Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989) former President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
Election speech as candidate for Congress, 1949
1949
“It’s easy to say, ‘Develop your individuality’, but it takes 20 to 30 years to achieve it.”
Kakiemon Japanese potters family with an unique style of procelain decoration
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Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
As quoted in Corporate Survival: The Critical Importance of Sustainability Risk Management (2005) by Dan Robert Anderson, p. 138
“It's hip to be square. Remember that shitty song by that shitty band 20 motherfuckin' years ago?”
David Cross (1964) American comedian, writer and actor
Shut Up, You Fucking Baby
“A new drug takes some 10 to 20 years and around US$1 billion to US$2 billion to develop.”
Li Chia-wei (1953) Taiwanese professor
Li Chia-wei (2020) cited in " WUHAN VIRUS/Use of HIV medication to be investigated as coronavirus treatment https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202002050004" on Focus Taiwan, 5 February 2020.
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
Birthday Letter to his Daughter (1966)
Context: Remember, there are still many years of struggle ahead, and even when you are a woman, you will have to do your part in the struggle. Meanwhile, you have to prepare yourself, be very revolutionary — which at your age means to learn a lot, as much as possible, and always be ready to support just causes.
“I made those films for 20 years, and after 10 years they ran out of good scripts.”
Herbert Lom (1917–2012) Czech-born film and television actor