Night of the Notables 8.4

Ai Weiwei

Andrew Lang

Sometimes it is necessary to risk your job to create better working conditions.

My idea of happiness is spending time with my son because I admire his innocence.

Bill Gates

Jayden Noormohamed

"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

I most admire people who are open-minded, and deplore greed.

Billie Jean King

Kayla Hakimzadeh

"Be bold. If your going to make an error, make a doozy, and don’t be afraid to hit the ball."

I think a lot about bringing an end to equality because after 48 years of fighting, yes it has gotten better but it is not yet over.

Li Bai

Blake Shan

“When the hunter sets traps only for rabbits, tigers and dragons are left uncaught.”

My advice for future generations is to pay attention to little details since inspiration could come from anywhere.

Captain George Vancouver

Nolan Cheung

"Not considering this opportunity worthy of more attention, I continue our pursuit the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages or the prevailing breeze."

If I could invite anyone to a dinner party, it would be the Queen, Captain Cook, and other high ranking people in the navy.

Florence Nightingale

Jin Chen

My idea of perfect happiness is when everyone helps themselves and others.

If I could invite anyone to a dinner party my guest list would include notable scientists and doctors like Vesalius, and my close friend Sidney Herbert.

Hayao Miyazaki

Rachel Chen

My advice to future generations is to once in a while, stand outside and let your imagination run free.

My idea of perfect happiness is to maintain children's utopia.

JK Rowling

Martina Revello Lerena

"We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already."

My greatest fear is having a mistake in one of my books.

John Edgar Hoover

Derek Chen

"When morals decline and good men do nothing evil flourishes. A society unwilling to learn from the past is doomed. We must never forget our history."

The person I admire most is my mother; she was my mentor and taught me the basic skills that led to my rise of power.

Jonas Salk

Tammi Lee

"I pictured myself as a virus or cancer cell and tried to sense what it would be like.”

I admire Florence Nightingale, because she had a big impact and I wish my message will be as well understood as hers was.

Neil Armstrong

Tate Pettman

"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small."

I most admire Michael Collins, because he had to sit there and stay in a module while we explored the moon.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Anna Cui

When the Church banned my book, it motivated me instead of bringing me down. I treated it like it was an opportunity instead of a threat.

In others, I admire knowledge and humbleness.

Oprah Winfrey

Atria Zehtab

"Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."

The trait I most dislike in myself is how emotionally attached I get to certain people and things. I love how I am passionate about my work and love people I surround myself with, but often times I end up loving something or someone too much and end up getting hurt.

Oskar Schindler

Jerry Song

Life is very precious; we should all value it and live it to the fullest extent.

My greatest fear was being caught in the action of providing love, shelter, and care for the Jews I wanted to save.

Steve Jobs

Finn Wood

Never give up; at one point in my life I was living on the floor of my friend's apartments and getting one good meal a week at a church.

My advice to the next generation is to trust in the future.

Sun Tzu

Daniel Wu

"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak."

My idea of perfect happiness is a world of no conflict, as conflict prohibits country growth.

Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus Augustus)

Weilun (Allen) Huang

"Veni, vidi, vici." (I went, I saw, I conquered.)

I admire Augustus, the first, and in my opinion, the greatest emperor. My descendants compare me to him but I know I will always stand in his shadow. He was the one who found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

Wu Zetian

Flora Wang

"忍所私而行大义，可谓公奖 (Sacrificing parts of yourself for the greater good should be widely praised)"

My greatest fear is that I lose the power that I had.

Zhuge Liang（诸葛亮）

Arthur Sun

My advice to future generations is to be a thinker. Nothing is greater than a prepared mind.

My idea of perfect happiness is a world where there are no wars, no battles, but eternal peace and happiness; people finding common goals with past enemies and working together.

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