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"Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process."
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"For most people the environment controls them rather than being in full control of experiences."

"All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive."

"The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton."

"Adapt yourself to the needs of the people."

"There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation."

"If you want your tree to produce plenty o' fruit, you've got to cut it back from time to time. Same thing with your neural cells. Some people might call it brain damage. I call it prunin'."

"A few generations living and dying without a sky, and enclosed spaces lost the atavistic terror of premature burial."

"The world is all change, my friend. We all would like to go back, but the past is done. We must look forwards. We must change ourselves, however painful it may be, or be left behind."

"For life to go your way, you must equip yourself with the power of change."

"If there is no room in the river, swim to the ocean."
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"Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization."

"I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality."

"The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication."

"The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them."

"Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it."

"A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason."

"In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality."

"Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves."
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