"Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top."

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Robert Burton

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“Apology may start as a feeling, a desire to make matters right, but it requires a commitment to move that desire into practice, to actually take on the great courageous task of showing compassion to others.”

Source : John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.15, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers”
“A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.”
“Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.”
“We're enamored with the concept that there's always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.”
“Sixty two thousand four hundred repetitions make one truth. Idiots!”
“Several of my young acquaintances are in their graves who gave promise of making happy and useful citizens and there is no question whatever that cigarettes alone were the cause of their destruction. No boy living would commence the use of cigarettes if he knew what a useless, soulless, worthless thing they would make of him.”
“On Twitter, if you want to quote someone else, you say, 'RT, re-tweet, that person's name, and then what they said before.' And it's a way of essentially saying, 'I'm not saying this, but my friend said this and I thought this was interesting.'”

Source : "Twitter's Impact On Iran Protests Examined". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. June 19, 2009.

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