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Every big problem was at one time a wee disturbance.: Unknown
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.: Persian Proverb
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It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions.: Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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Life itself is a quotation.: Jorge Luis Borges (1899 - 1986)
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.: George S. Patton (1885 - 1945)
Lack of money is the root of all evil.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.: Robertson Davies
The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying "Yes." No. Focusing is about saying "No." And when you say "No," you piss off people.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Apple WWDC Closing Keynote, 1997
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.: Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.: Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.: Lord Falkland (1610 - 1643)
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Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), in a letter to J. M. Cutts, October 26, 1863
Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Newspaper article, Feb. 15, 1925
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What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.: J. G. C. Brainard
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Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.: Susan Rice, Stanford University Commencement, 2010
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