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"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are."
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"My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste."

"New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years."

"There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process."

"As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection."

"The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years."

"See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented."

"In difficult moments it's sometimes a good idea to ask yourself what it is you most want to be doing and consider how it can be achieved. If it can't, move on to the second best thing."

"If someone tells you he is going to make a "realistic decision," you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad."

"You must not make hasty decisions because they make you do what you would not have done normally."
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"Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost."

"It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers."

"The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something."

"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are."
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