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“Nevertheless, the mere spark of an unsuccessful revolution is often sufficient to breed other revolutionaries, and Zumwalt broke some ancient glass that could not be replaced, no matter how hard fools later tried.”
― Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
― Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
“Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect. If a subordinate agrees with his superior he is a useless part of the organization.1”
― Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
― Against the Tide: Rickover's Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy
“Boundaries between noise and sound are conventions, I see now. All boundaries are conventions, national ones too. One may transcend any convention, if only one can first conceive of doing so.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.”
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