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You can't think your way out of a box you've got to act.

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
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Lavish credit on anyone and everyone who helped you the least bit.
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A vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good - similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society.
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Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does. Having tried this for several months, however, I can report from the trenches that, for me, immersive listening is as intellectually challenging, stimulating, and rewarding as immersive reading.
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To sell is above all to master the art and science of listening.
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Obviously, despite hard work and heroic efforts, many dreams don't come true. But if we don't dare to dream and then throw muscle, heart, and soul into making the dream come true, then WoW Projects-and all of the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and financial riches that they bring will surely NOT be our lot in life!
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Now it is much faster and cheaper to bring thedocument to the user, rather than ask the user to come to the document or collection.
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If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when?
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Remember: You are the only human being in the world who can help this particular customer at this particular moment in time.
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If future competitiveness depends on treating people as an important part of the institution, the least respectful thing I can imagine doing to a human being is asking him to urinate in a cup.
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I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for these kind of texts themselves.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Collections of books and other documents, either printed or electronic, are a form of congregation.
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