"There are enough cowards in the world without killing a brave creature for so little reason."

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Source : Brian Jacques (2002). “Mossflower: A Tale from Redwall”, p.23, Penguin

Brian Jacques

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“Nobody was ever replaced in life, no hole completely filled or loss totally healed. You didn't need a medical degree to know that the human body really wasn't stronger in the broken places. Like any bone, the cracks would always show if you looked hard enough.”
“As we build systems that are more and more complex, we make more and more subtle but very high-impact mistakes. As we use computers for more things and as we build more complex systems, this problem of unreliability and insecurity is actually getting worse, with no real sign of abating anytime soon.”
“A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation.”

Source : "Andy Grove: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.”
“Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens.”

Source : David Steindl-Rast (2010). “Music of Silence: A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the Day (Large Print 16pt)”, p.28, ReadHowYouWant.com
“My favourite part... I guess it's my legs.”
“Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.”
“My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland U.S.A., which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid.”

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