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“He glared at her. "Aye, and you shall be the best cabin boy I have ever had or I will feed you to the sharks. Savvy?" He turned and stomped back to the
ship”
― Secrets of the Realm
ship”
― Secrets of the Realm
“Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.”
―
―
“They loved me, taught me,
and encouraged me.
A safe place to be on Sunday morning,
and a nice place to meet God.”
― Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir
and a nice place to meet God.”
― Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir
“Bias in the workplace is a form of tribalism – you’re either in or out”
― Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction
― Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction
“Among Chuang-tzu's many skills, he was an expert draftsman. The king asked him to draw a crab. Chuang-tzu replied that he needed five years, a country house, and twelve servants. Five years later the drawing was still not begun. "I need another five years," said Chuang-tzu. The king granted them. At the end of these ten years, Chuang-tzu took up his brush and, in an instant, with a single stroke, he drew a crab, the most perfect crab ever seen. [Calvino retells this Chinese story]”
― Six Memos for the Next Millennium
― Six Memos for the Next Millennium
Derick’s 2024 Year in Books
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