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"When we overemphasise miracles we are saying people could get something without qualification and merit."

"Success and greatness in life belongs to those who take responsibility."

"I do not want to credit my life to spells and rituals, cushioning me from the consequences of living."

"If girls realized their responsibilities they would be so careful when they smiled that they would probably abandon the practice altogether. There are moments in a man's life when a girl's smile can have as important results as an explosion of dynamite."

"Idle hands are the devils greatest tools. But it'll be good to notice that the tools sharpened by idle heads. You are idle because that's the job your mind gave you!"

"What you inherit from your fathermust first be earned before it's yours."

"We can not just live any how. There are consequences for every action, where evil or good."

"If you would have a faithful servant and one that you like serve yourself."

"It is not helpful to have those kind of comments come out when we've got troops in combat."

"True deliverers identify themselves with the sins of their people, they take the blames upon themselves."
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"Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish."

"I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves."

"I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan."

"One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me."

"When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well."
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