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With M. Bernard #Kouchner, our professor Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and some classmates Tuesday evening.

Photo credit: Andres Lizcano Rodiguez

It’s not how good you are; it’s how good you want to be.

This quote from this book makes a pretty good lock screen for my smartphone.

Mind-blowing: In the 80s Bernard #Kouchner was having drinks in St. Germain with Sartre, Foucault, Brigitte Bardot… How much the world has changed since then!

Outside our classroom

Tonight, we were the lucky ones. In the top photo, I am with him in the same quartier. Regardless of your politics, you must admit — what a career he has had! A unique but truly inspiring figure and perfect gentleman.

Great article about him in the New York Times in ‘08 (yes, it was pre-Arab Spring, pre-Obama, pre-DSK scandal, pre-Merkozy, pre-Euro crisis, but still!) showcases M. Kouchner’s role in international politics. Read it here.

James Traub on Bernard Kouchner’s thoughts

Excellent article on an exuberant man history will remember. Note that the article is a couple of years old, a lot has changed since then. #understatement

(via Bernard Kouchner - France - New York Times)

Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director, in response to Sheryl Sandberg’s question: What kind of advice you have for young women?

She goes on, “It wasn’t the case in my days, or there were very few instance where other women would help other women. I think that has changed enourmously. You would help people, I am helping young women.”

via Christine Lagarde’s Facebook Page

Are beautiful women with small dogs a 21st century Western fad?

Check out this bas-relief from the 12th-century temple Angkor Wat for your answer!

Sheryl Sandberg hosts a quick interview with Christine Lagarde at Davos

They talk facebook and the economic crisis.  The future of growth and innovation in both cases will historically excluded members of the global population: women and the developing world.

Wonderful noontime bike-ride with Christopher and Serena held many lovely surprises; one of which was finding out that Barclays is sponsoring the Occupy Movement! :D (Taken with instagram)

The beautiful people at the Flower Market in London (Taken with instagram)

Dinner with @mrskyrasays @AlexaClay and Andrew in London

At The Bridge in London with Miss Serena #blog #london (Taken with instagram)

Great SNL skit about the YouTube generation. They are so spot-on. #guiltyascharged

Loving this playlist on Tycho’s site. Thanks @hrnambiar for sharing.

One of the songs:

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

About: http://www.last.fm/music/Gotye

(via nonsuch)

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down. - Kurt Vonnegut 

via image // via rinnyy quote-book

Charlie Murphy, Actor and Comedian, in the Jan 2012 issue of Esquire Magazine via@DaveRad

Thanks for the rec, will check out the full quote in the full article at keepsworkshop.org.

It takes only one event to start a big movement.

(via Instagram)

Happy Valentine’s Day! Got this rose from a handsome man who works at a French supermarket. Excellent advertising strategy. Made me
smile, plus people kept asking me who my lover was and I told them the story with a smile, mentioning the name of the store. (Taken with instagram)