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“People that don't want to get down to the business at hand. Instead of just doing less, we have to find ways of doing more with less. That's the key to the future.”
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“The first movie that made me cry was Dead Poets Society. That one gets me. O Captain! My Captain! That moment kills me.”
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“Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises.”
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“I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.”
Source : "Joker in the pack". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2008.
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“Managers’ typical response to my argument about free time is, ‘That’s all well and good, but there are things I have to do.’ Yet we waste so much time in unproductive activity—it takes an enormous effort on the part of the leader to keep free time for the truly important things.”
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“Because sometimes you have to suffer without the things you want now so you can have everything you need later.”
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“I have a theory that every time you make an important choice, the part of you left behind continues the other life you could have had.”
Source : Jeanette Winterson (2007). “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit”, p.169, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“I wish that I was dead. Oh, they'll be sorry then. I hate them and I'll kill myself tomorrow. I want to die. I hate them, hate them. Hate.”