“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
Bill Gates, quoted in Sports Illustrated
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
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“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.”
Julia Child, quoted in The Wall Street Journal
“Any compulsion tries to justify itself.”
Joan Didion, quoted in The Boston Globe
“Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.”
Thomas Edison, quoted in USNews.com
“Never marry a man you wouldn’t want to be divorced from.”
Nora Ephron, quoted in HuffingtonPost.com
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust, quoted in Woman’s Day
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