"The most damaging phrase in the language is: `It's always been done that way.'"

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Source : "Speech by SEC Staff: The Evolving Mutual Fund Landscape: Adapting to the Challenges of Change". Remarks by Paul F. Roye, www.sec.gov. December 06, 2001.

Grace Hopper

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“I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.”
“The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.”
“Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the poor; anger by goodwill and love for all men; worldly dejection by spiritual joy; listlessness by patience, perseverance and offering thanks to God; self-esteem by doing good in secret and by praying constantly with a contrite heart; and pride by not judging or despising anyone in the manner of the boastful Pharisee (cf. Lk. 18:11-12), and by considering oneself the least of all men.”
“Being a question on 'The Weakest Link,' that was quite a moment.”
“They [parents] can help the children work out schedules for homework, play, and television that minimize the conflicts involved inwhat to do first. They can offer moral support and encouragement to persist, to try again, to struggle for understanding and mastery. And they can share a child's pleasure in mastery and accomplishment. But they must not do the job for the children.”
“Men will now get up and walk with the baby in the middle of the night, change its diapers, and give it a bottle, but in their heart of hearts they still think they shouldn't have to.”
“War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.”
“I dont ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.”

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