"Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster children into strength and athletic proportion."

-- William C. Bryant

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“The path up is the path down. The way forward is the way back. The universe inside is outside but the universe outside is inside.”
“Muse of the many twinkling feet, whose charms are now extending up from legs to arms.”
“I really like 'Girls.' I know everybody does, but I love 'Girls.”
“When a musician is conveying that fresh feeling, that's what appeals to me, even more so than the style.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Even though . . . 9/11 happened because . . . Bush's FBI and CIA did not detect the Al Qaeda conspiracy . . . , Bush not only failed to apologize to the nation or the victims' survivors, he demonstrated his total lack of leadership by refusing to fire or even criticize those in these agencies who, like Bush, let this nation down. As in private life, to stimulate excellence, good performances have to be rewarded and gross negligence and incompetence punished.”
“As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that there were, likewise, laws that govern human wellbeing. It seemed to me that these laws are fundamental not only to the wellbeing of societies, but also to the miniature societies of organizations. Indeed, that is what we found when we began to apply these principles systematically at Koch Industries. Through our observation of how they could create prosperity in an organization, I began to systematize my beliefs into Market-Based Management.”
“If I've done anything I'm sorry for, I'm willing to be forgiven.”
“I don't like swearing on the air. As a matter of fact, I'm not a prude, but... I watch HBO and some of the comedy stuff, and I'm constantly asking myself, 'Why have we gone there?' It seems like it's unfortunate. It's so cheap. It's so easy.”

Source : "Lamb looks back on C-SPAN" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. March 22, 2012.

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