"You don't achieve anything by stopping at the first sign of difficulty. If we'd stopped after Dieppe in World War II, where would we be right now as a nation? If we'd stopped before Vimy Ridge, we wouldn't have been a nation at all. Yes, you've got to know when to say "stop" as a leader, you sure do, but you've also got to know when to push for the final thing that's going to give you the full benefit."

-- Rick Hillier

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“Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed.”
“Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.”

Source : Miles Franklin (2017). “Childhood At Brindabella: My First Ten Years”, p.114, ETT Imprint
“When you're building a character, or at least when I'm building a character, you start saying, 'How am I going to make people like him?”

Source : "Hunting 'Prey' On The Streets Of The Twin Cities". Interview with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. July 31, 2009.
“Gone. Vanished. Nothing left. Nothing said.”
“Being on the set of Aliens was an amazing experience. I had so much fun, and enjoyed every moment. I think my fondest time would be having the opportunity to work with Sigourney Weaver, one of the classiest people I have ever met.”

Source : Source: dailydead.com
“Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind.”
“America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.”

Source : "U.S. Downgrade Heralds a New Financial Era" by Mohamed A. El-Erian, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2011.
“Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes.”

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