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“Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.”
Source : Glen Cook (2010). “The Many Deaths of the Black Company”, p.314, Macmillan
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“There is danger in singing someone else's song.”
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“Oh! one hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.”
Source : David Brainerd (1822). “Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians on the Borders of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary”, p.50
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“You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.”
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“When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.”
Source : "Cisco CTO: Women Need To Break Down Walls In The Male-Dominated Tech Industry" by Kevin McLaughlin, www.businessinsider.com. June 20, 2013.
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“I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died.”
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“When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner table and he would ask, 'So what did you guys fail at this week?' If we didn't have something to contribute, he would be disappointed. When I did fail at something, he'd high-five me. What I didn't realize at the time was that he was completely reframing my definition of failure at a young age. To me, failure means not trying; failure isn't the outcome. If I have to look at myself in the mirror and say, 'I didn't try that because I was scared,' that is failure.”
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“It's possible to pretend I'm someone other than who I am, and if I pretend long enough, I can believe it.”