"An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution."

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Source : George Haven Putnam (2008). “Abraham Lincoln (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)”, p.238, ReadHowYouWant.com

George Haven Putnam

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“Time erases both the best and the worst of us.”
“I think the biggest lesson to be learned is that it is almost impossible to just throw a logo on a video. A lot of people think that if you make a really popular video, I can get Pepsi to put a little logo on there and they will pay me a lot of money. We wanted to create something that wasn't just a "slap a logo on the video."”

Source : "Beat goes on for YouTube's 'Evolution of Dance' star". Interview with Ryan Osborn and Allison Berger, www.today.com. January 12, 2009.
“Live mindful of how brief your life is.”
“Friendships offer good practice in accepting the transience of experience and the persistence of feeling.”
“If they believe only what they can see, why do we have classrooms?”
“Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.”
“One of the toughest situations to be in is when you are objectively good at something, but realize that it's making you unhappy and unbalanced.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“There are people who literally cannot start a project until the deadline is four hours away, even if it's a big one. And those people have a serious problem. My recommendation is set up mini-deadlines. You might say, 'Okay, here's my deadline after three days for this and there's another deadline for that and then a third deadline.”

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