"The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshellâ€”in the clearness of the instructions they receive."

-- Robert Baden-Powell

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“One time I was on the road with clients with an investment bank, and they thought it would be fun to go to a strip club. It was the most barren thing I've ever seen - this poor woman had nothing on and they were throwing quarters at her.”
“I could lie and pretend that I hunt and camp, but that wouldn't be me. Clothes? Shopping? That's stuff I like!”
“Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.”
“Ask the guys who are doing serious triathlons if there are any limits to what can be done. The limit is right here. You've got to get physically fit between the ears. Muscles don't know anything. They have to be taught.”
“Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.”
“Economy: cutting down other people's wages.”
“Oh! God! That bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood so cheap!”
“Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.”

Source : Diana Trilling (1993). “The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling”, Harcourt

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