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“The extension of power offered by a pony, the ease and speed of movement, the tapping of unsuspected courage, the satisfaction of collaboration with another creature and of controlling it in order to improve the collaboration, the joy of fussing over it — of loving it — these, from the age of about eight to sixteen were the most completely realised delights of my life.”
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“... truth has a certain buoyancy — it makes its way to the surface, in time.”
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“The paradox, of course, is that you can never have enough information, but you cannot gather information forever.”
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“Plastic is magical, as though the bill will never come due.”
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“All choices are gambles. An effective leader is one who minimizes the risks without being paralyzed by the fear of gambling. An effective leader knows when to admit to being wrong and when to cut the losses. In short, an effective leader admits to being human without using that as an excuse for being indecisive.”
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“One is so apt to cheapen a thing when one tries hastily to put it into words, and ever afterward it is never quite the same.”
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“The Bible gives me a deep, comforting sense that 'things seen are temporal, and things unseen are eternal.'”
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“I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.”