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Rest on laurels? I wish I could do that. No, you rest when you're dead


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If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline

If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline



If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.



Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.

Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.



I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright.

I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright.



I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole ground can be against me, but if I know it is right, I’ll do it.

I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole ground can be against me, but if I know it is right, I’ll do it.



If there was one formula for our success,it was that we were constantly studying how to make things work,or how to make them work better.

If there was one formula for our success,it was that we were constantly studying how to make things work,or how to make them work better.



A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.



Having an education is one thing, being educated is another.

Having an education is one thing, being educated is another.



I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.

I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.



Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.





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I feel very jealous towards women who can say, "I'm going to stay home and be a mom." I wish that's what fulfilled me but I like to work and I have to have something for myself.



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Being productive and being busy are not necessarily the same thing. Doing things won’t create your success; doing the right things will.



I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we’ve passed the audition.

I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we’ve passed the audition.



Everyone that I've talked to who's been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear them say is: It was great, but we just had to come home.

Everyone that I've talked to who's been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear them say is: It was great, but we just had to come home.



Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other one -- this is business.

Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other one -- this is business.



Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.

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