Majicman Notes

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Simone Weil (February 3, 1909–August 24, 1943) French Philosopher Read more

Financial innovations were involved in the development of VLCC, Very Large Crude Carriers, and then ULCC, Ultra Large Crude Carriers, as Khalili explains. Aristotle Onassis, one of the driving forces behind the gargantuanisation of ships,… Read more

In a post-mortem, the subject is dead, and the coroner’s job is to figure out the cause of death. In a premortem, the sequence is reversed: “Our exercise,” Dr. Klein explains, “is to ask planners… Read more

For there was a moment when anything was possible. And there will be a moment when nothing is possible. But in between we can create. Mohsin Hamid How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Read more

The campaign to free Nelson Mandela which became a global campaign and which was inspired by his character and his dignity made people outside of South Africa feel the shame and in the end the… Read more

All that matters is to survive. The rest is just words. Charles De Gaulle Read more

That Paris of the occupation was a strange place. On the surface, life went on ‘as before’ – the theatres, cinemas, music halls and restaurants were open for business. There were songs playing on the… Read more

In this culture appearances are all-important. The French are not only obsessed with Beauty in all of its manifestations; it is a value in itself. Everyone – in their physical being, their dress, their lives,… Read more

You have to be like no one if you want to be someone Il faut être comme personne si l’on veut être quelqu’un. Sacha Sperling French novelist and screenwriter Read more

Paris has a way of belonging to everyone. We dream about the city, we fall in love with it. Paris is always much more than a destination. It becomes a stage, a setting for some… Read more