In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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