"I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it's no one's fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child's courage."

-- James Lee Burke

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“When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.”
“La Vie En Rose. It is the French way of saying, 'I am looking at the world through rose-coloured glasses.'”
“In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere of distrust and one of trust, between setting an example of power and helping children to learn responsibility, between quick-fix parenting and the kind that's focused on long-term goals.”
“I've got to wear sunglasses everywhere, all the time, even if its indoors or at night time, to be recognized. That's part of my job. I cannot take off my sunglasses. For me, staying in the United States was so dark because I can't take them off.”
“I'm not afraid to fall on my face while I attempt new things.”
“However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions.”
“Roddy how many times have you won a World Championship?”
“The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.”

Source : Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.50, Bantam

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