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The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.

Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

Never hesitate to steal a good idea.

When the voices of democracy are silenced, freedom becomes a hollow concept. No man or woman should be sentenced to the shadows of silence for something he or she has said or written.

Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.

Be as nice as possible and as nasty as necessary.

When big-time blunders occur in any workplace, the boss or bosses usually are at fault, not clerks or secretaries or salespeople. Not reporters, the buck stops with the boss.

Only cream and SOBs rise to the top.

The love for literature is the key to knowledge.

Look at not its value[sic], for its value addition shows its worth.

They cheer me because they all understand me, and they cheer you because no one understands you.

Upon your shattered ruins where, This vine will flourish still, as rare, As fresh, as fragrant as of old. Love will not crumble.

Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony.

Everything gets better with time, and time is forever.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

I usually get up between 5:30 and 6. The good news in Bentonville, Arkansas, is I can be in the office seven minutes later. I like to get in, work on e-mails and catch up.

We are not saved by feelings of sorrow over Jesus' death. We are saved when the Word of God 'pierces' our hearts (Hebrews 4:12), when we are convicted of our sins and trust Christ by faith.

That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.