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Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others

Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change. – Walter Isaacson

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You cant have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You dont have an innovative economy unless you have a great education. – Walter Isaacson

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I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant. – Walter Isaacson

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I want to be able to look back and say, Ive done everything I can, and I was successful. I dont want to look back and say I should have done this or that. Id like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along. – Michael Phelps

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To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. – Henri Bergson

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So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesnt change my mind, because its football, its normal. What is not normal is that we havent been scoring enough goals playing such good football as weve been playing in the last few weeks. – Jose Mourinho

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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man cant ride you unless your back is bent. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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