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“At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience- than when i was 20.”
Source : "Nobel-winning biologist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies at 103" by Frances D'Emilio, www.nbcnews.com. December 30, 2012.
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“We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.”
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“Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it's a woman, she's 'spilling her guts,' and it's not art.”
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“Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.”
Source : "Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don’t". Book by James C. Collins, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 16, 2001.
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“Everybody's a dreamer.”
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“A salesman called on my wife the other day and tried to sell her a freezer. You'll save a fortune on your food bills, he promised. I can't tell you how much you'll save. It'll be tremendous. Said my wife: I'm sure you're right, but we're already saving a fortune with our new car by not taking the bus. We're saving a fortune with our new washing machine by not sending out the laundry. We're saving a fortune with our new dishwasher by giving up the maid. The plain truth is that right now we just can't afford to save any more!”
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“And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power.”
Source : "The Voice of Voting Reform". Interview with Tim Dickinson, www.rollingstone.com. June 6, 2006.
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“What I've realized is that a film operates both on the intellectual and emotional levels, and if you can find a way to tell a riveting story and draw ideas out of that, it's very powerful.”
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“[On Italy:] ... the country where kindness to strangers is a religion, you can't turn your head without seeing something beautiful, and you can't get a bad meal if you try.”
Source : Mary McGrory, Phil Gailey (2006). “The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary”, p.59, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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“Marriage is ridiculous.”