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Gabriel Pinkus
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“Education,” said Dr. John G. Hibben, former president of Princeton University, “is the ability to meet life’s situations.”
“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
― Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
― Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
“Vicarious learning from the experiences of others saves making errors yourself, but I regard the study of successes as being basically more important than the study of failures. There are so many ways of being wrong and so few of being right, studying successes is more efficient.”
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others”
― All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There
― All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There
“came to the realization that there was a big difference between China and the United States. China was, more or less, a land of equal pay but unequal access to opportunities. The United States was, more or less, a land of equal opportunities but vastly different pay.”
― Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America
― Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America
“The future is as full of promise as it is fraught with uncertainty.”
― From Third World to First: A Statesman’s Powerful Story of Transformation from Poverty to National Leadership
― From Third World to First: A Statesman’s Powerful Story of Transformation from Poverty to National Leadership
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