"A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble - to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of one's own judgment and self-worth to really listen and not be threatened by contrary advice."

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Source : Evan Thomas, Staff of Newsweek (2009). “A Long Time Coming: The Inspiring, Combative 2008 Campaign and the Historic Election of Barack Obama”, p.186, PublicAffairs

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“I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.”

Source : Wole Soyinka, Biodun Jeyifo (2001). “Conversations with Wole Soyinka”, p.58, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I think this is what real love is like.. Wanting to be together as they grow older.”
“There's more to me, more to the universe, than I suspected. Room for all the dreams I ever had, and all the nightmares...heroes in the gutters and in the mirror; saints in the frozen wasteland; fools and liars on the throne of wisdom, and hands reaching out in hunger that will never be filled.”
“You cannot fail unless you quit.”
“For the bored souls, sometimes sea is the best answer!”
“The mere idea of asking a family member if they intentionally stopped sending me an annual bonus makes me feel like breaking out in hives.”
“Imagine treating yourself with the kindness that you show people you love.”
“Will none wipe the sneer of the face of the cosmos?”

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