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  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.
    Boutros Boutros-Ghali
    Egyptian politician and diplomat (1922 - 2016)
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  • Ben Goldacre Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.
    Ben Goldacre
    British physician, academic (1974 - )
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  • Cargill Gilston Knott Scientific theory and its application to the growing needs of mankind advance hand in hand.
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Alfred Nobel Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.
    Alfred Nobel
    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist (1833 - 1896)
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  • Beau Bridges Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
    Beau Bridges
    American actor and director (1941 - )
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  • David Ogilvy Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don't live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.
    David Ogilvy
    American businessman, Advertising Expert (1911 - 1999)
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  • Charles Pierce Sex is like bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand.
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Audre Lorde Silence and invisibility go hand in hand with powerlessness.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Sincerity is the luxury allowed, like diadems and authority, only to the highest rank. Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Brent Scowcroft So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature.
    Brent Scowcroft
    American US Air Force officer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Bruce Springsteen So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Born in the U.S.A.
    Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bernard Gilpin Some relaxation is necessary to people of every degree; the head that thinks and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit their diminished powers.
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  • Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Someday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love; and for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
    Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
    French Christian mystic, author (1881 - 1955)
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  • Robert Alan Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Lend a hand when you can, get involved this is good. You can help to make a difference in your neighborhood.
    Robert Alan
    American singer/songwriter and comic book creator (1971 - )
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  • Caroline Wozniacki Sometimes when you get to the press conferences, you hear you're going to play this person in the semifinals, and in the quarters, you're going to play her. And I'm like, 'Hold on a second.' First of all, you have to make it there. Second, your opponent needs to make it there. It looks easier on paper than it is in real life.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Barbara Stanwyck Sponsors obviously care more about a ninety-second commercial and want to pay you more than any guest star gets for a ninety-minute acting performance.
    Barbara Stanwyck
    American actress, model and dancer (1907 - 1990)
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  • Malcolm Muggeridge St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    British Broadcaster (1903 - 1990)
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  • Brad Feld Stress on fast growing companies comes from a lot of different places. The one that is often the largest, and creates the most second-order issues, is the composition of the leadership team. More specifically, it's specific people on the leadership who don't have the scale experience their role requires at a particular moment in time.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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