"I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America."

Tocqueville, Alexis De on conformity
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"The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction."

Gilbert, Ken on motivation
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"Once upon a time all the animals in the zoo decided that they would disarm, and they arranged to have a conference to arrange the matter. So the Rhinoceros said when he opened the proceedings that the use of teeth was barbarous and horrible and ought to be strictly prohibited by general consent. Horns, which were mainly defensive weapons, would, of course, have to be allowed. The Buffalo, the Stag, the Porcupine, and even the little Hedgehog all said they would vote with the Rhino, but the Lion and the Tiger took a different view. They defended teeth and even claws, which they described as honourable weapons of immemorial antiquity. The Panther, the Leopard, the Puma, and the whole tribe of small cats all supported the Lion and the Tiger. Then the Bear spoke. He proposed that both teeth and horns should be banned and never used again for fighting by any animal. It would be quite enough if animals were allowed to give each other a good hug when they quarreled. No one could object to that. It was so fraternal, and that would be a great step towards peace. However, all the other animals were very offended with the Bear, and the Turkey fell into a perfect panic. The discussion got so hot and angry, and all those animals began thinking so much about horns and teeth and hugging when they argued about the peaceful intentions that had brought them together that they began to look at one another in a very nasty way. Luckily the keepers were able to calm them down and persuade them to go back quietly to their cages, and they began to feel quite friendly with one another again. "

Churchill, Winston on uncategorised
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"The intellectual equipment needed for the job of the future is an ability to define problems, quickly assimilate relevant data, conceptualize and reorganize the information, make deductive and inductive leaps with it, ask hard questions about it, discuss findings with colleagues, work collaboratively to find solutions and then convince others."

Reich, Robert B. on work
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"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river."

Perot, H. Ross on action
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"Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time."

Perot, H. Ross on leadership   

"The best work never was and never will be done for money."

Ruskin, John on work
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"Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact."

Wilde, Oscar on conversation
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"A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from beginning another."

Bourget, Paul on love
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"Real love stories never have endings."

Bach, Richard on love
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"Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society."

Muggeridge, Malcolm on sex
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"Useless laws weaken the necessary laws."

Montesquieu, Charles De on law and lawyers   

"Beware thoughts that come in the night. They aren't turned properly; they come in askew, free of sense and restriction, deriving from the most remote of sources."

Trogdon, William on night
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