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"I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances."
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"It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us."
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"A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match."
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"Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances."
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"Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him."
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"In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated."
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"When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack."
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"Had we really succeeded therefore in altering the period of vibration, which Maxwell, as I have just noted, held to be impossible? Or was there some disturbing circumstances from one or more factors which distorted the result?"
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"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it."
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"There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe."
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"Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world."
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"I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power."
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"I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances."
Circumstance
"That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition."
Tradition
"You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks."
Society
"When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past."
Past
"When trust improves, the mood improves."
Trust
"Hope is the raw material of losers."
Hope
"But every company of the future is going to be in the business of exquisite care - which means quick turnaround time and convenience. To deliver exquisite care, you need an organization that coordinates well and listens well."
Business
"You have to be able to risk your identity for a bigger future than the present you are living."
Future
"Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great."
Work
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