"Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity."

-- Thomas G. Stemberg

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“The distance between capital and labor is not a great gulf over which is swung a Niagara suspension bridge; it is only a step, and the laborers here will cross over and become capitalists and the capitalists will cross over and become laborers. Would to God they would shake hands while they are crossing, these from one side, and those from the other side.”

Source : Thomas De Witt Talmage (1886). “The Battle for Bread: A Series of Sermons Relating to Labor and Capital”
“Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on.”
“You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.”
“Being single is pretty good. It's a nice sense of irresponsibility.”
“I think that a solid team, solid communication, is the number one thing in life at all times.”
“Lets make it known that we don't want to give away our beautiful homeland to corporate interests. It is our right as Canadians to be part of these decisions. The only thing standing between this world and environmental catastrophe is us”
“The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world.”
“Every audition I get, I agonise over and I put everything I can into it.”

Source : "One Day star Rafe Spall on Anne Hathaway, Ridley Scott and dad Tim". Interview with Francesca Babb, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2011.

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