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"Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."
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"Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult."


"Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person."


"The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born."


"There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish."


"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment."


"You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future."
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