"Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom."

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Source : "Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93" by Robert G. Kaiser, www.washingtonpost.com. October 21, 2014.

Ben Bradlee

“I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.”
“My country has no history, only a past.”

Source : Alden Nowlan (2004). “Between Tears and Laughter: Selected Poems”, Bloodaxe Books
“Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies.”
“The right relationship won't distract you from God. It will bring you closer to Him.”
“One thing that I know and I feel Nigerians will celebrate is continuity and peace.”

Source : "Transcript: CNN interviews Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan". Interview with Isha Sesay, www.cnn.com. September 30, 2010.
“But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.”
“And what is happiness, Nathan? In my experience, it's only a moment's pause here and there on what is otherwise a long and difficult road. No one can be happy all the time.”

Source : William Kent Krueger (2014). “Ordinary Grace: A Novel”, p.67, Simon and Schuster
“You can have financial strength, professional strength, emotional strength but for me without spiritual strength none of the rest of it matters.”

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