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Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves -- that's the truth. We have two or three great moving experiences in our lives -- experiences so great and moving that it doesn't seem at the time that anyone else has been so caught up and pounded and dazzled and astonished and beaten and broken and rescued and illuminated and rewarded and humbled in just that way ever before.
levels three vision
Three levels of organizational vision: 1. The Do-able 2. The Conceivable 3. The Previously Unthinkable.
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The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is YOUR opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank You The one most important word: We The least important word: I.
buying factors home three
The three most important factors in buying a home are, location, location, location!
collect conceive data research three took
To write it, it took three months; to conceive it --three minutes; to collect the data in it --all my life.
becomes change difficult suffer
When it becomes more difficult to suffer than change -- then you will change.
length saying short time words yes
Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.
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Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats. They can push things that come into their hands a little higher up, a little further on towards the heights of excellence.
fear gloomy stars witness
We fear not death. That gloomy night, that pale-faced moon, and the affrighted stars that hurried through the sky, can witness that we fear not death.
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When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: ''I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance.''
courage face strong
We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.
caused fear form sustained worry
Worry: a sustained form of fear caused by indecision.
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Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.
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Wealth is what gives you the right to preach about the virtues of poverty.