"There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led..."

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Source : Bergen Evans (1954). “The Spoor of Spooks: And Other Nonsense”, New York : Knopf

Bergen Evans

#Inspirational Quotes #Leadership Quotes #Desire Quotes

“In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn't come over. I've tried writing in English, just for me, but it doesn't work. I've got to know everything about a culture, and I don't.”
“Bill Pearson is definitely a man to talk to, especially in the afternoon when he's had a couple of drinks because he's got so many stories and anecdotes.”
“Nuclear arms kill many people all at once, but other weapons kill many people, little by little, every day, everywhere in the world.”
“What do you care more about? The kids or your hair?”
“She was the breeze on a summer's day, the first drops of rain when the earth was parched, light from the evening star.”
“I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?”
“But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.”
“Don't believe everything you hear today”

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