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“The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.”
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“Knowledge has come to be defined as what can be proven by secular evidence and arguments.”
Source : Roger E. Olson (2013). “The Journey of Modern Theology: From Reconstruction to Deconstruction”, p.27, InterVarsity Press
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“It is those same so-called experts who said we had no chance of winning the primary. It will be hard work, but we can win. And if those same people who fought against me work just as hard for me, we will win.”
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“using parking meters as walking sticks.”
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“One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does not think more of what he is about to say than of answering precisely what is said to him.”
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“Steve has a reality distortion field.†When Hertzfeld looked puzzled, Tribble elaborated. “In his presence, reality is malleable. He can convince anyone of practically anything. It wears off when he’s not around, but it makes it hard to have realistic schedules.”
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“Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need to go back to the drawing board and overturn all our assumptions about time.”
Source : Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.132, Nicholas Brealey Publishing
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“Why did the generals who have been so ready to term me a complaisant and incompetent yes-man fail to secure my removal? Was that all that difficult? No, that wasn't it; the truth was that nobody would have been ready to replace me, because each one knew that he would end up just as much a wreck as I.”
Source : "The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Keitel". Book by Walter Gorlitz, p. 52, 1966.
