"I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise."

-- Ezra Cornell

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“I watched them carefully, as always, searching for a sign of mental weakness. But there was none. Every man was coping well with the hardship, each one of them locked into his task. But it is one thing to practice, and quite another to race. And the trouble is, you never know who, on the day, will find it within his soul to give more than he has ever given before. It takes a kind of madness to compete like that, because of the will power and the ego, and his loyalty. And while some men have it, others have yet to find it. And a coach can only use his best judgement as to who those men will be.”
“When people criticize our work, whether that work is a spreadsheet, a coffee, or our children, we take it very personally as if they were attacking us. This response shows how instead of taking criticism in ways that help us in our work, we become easily defensive and negative.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com
“I don't get writer's block. I don't try to write anything; when something comes, I write it. I just practice and when I get an idea I write it down.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It's not so much revenge, but I think you want to hold on to a little of that just for extra motivation.”
“The school of suffering never graduates any students, so ask God to teach to you the lessons He wants you to learn.”
“It is sad to witness the persistence in our society of the racism and xenophobia that seems to be a permanent part of our political culture. It is shameful to see politicians exploiting these human weaknesses in order to gain political power. It is most depressing of all to contemplate a future in which politicians who do this will continue to have influence over people's lives.”

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“Nobody stays in the world that you've seen them in before.”

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“Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2009). “Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three”, p.490, Hachette UK

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