"I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has."

-- Abraham Lincoln

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“The eurozone status quo is neither tolerable nor stable. Mainstream economists would call it an inferior equilibrium; I call it a nightmare - one that is inflicting tremendous pain and suffering that could be easily avoided if the misconceptions and taboos that sustain it were dispelled.”
“The agencies are the Walmarts of the welfare agency”
“An Engineer is no match for a Historian with his dander up!”

Source : Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines”, p.217, Scholastic Inc.
“The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore it is foolish to attempt to kill the mind by means of the mind. The only way of doing it is to find its source and hold on to it. The mind will then fade away of its own accord.”
“My principal once told me that I was a penny waiting for change. But I suspect that I irritated him probably because I was making more money than he was.”
“I tend to be a kind of left federalist. There's a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level.”
“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”

Source : Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, Michael Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (2015). “Leadership, Strategy, and Innovation: Health Care Collection (8 Items)”, p.1721, Harvard Business Review Press
“I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.”

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