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The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries read more
The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.
For people who like that kind of a book that is the kind of book they will like
For people who like that kind of a book that is the kind of book they will like
It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.
It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.
Of our 20,000 university graduates each year, 60 percent have a degree in science, technology or business.
Of our 20,000 university graduates each year, 60 percent have a degree in science, technology or business.
The company has grown to appreciate  including our board  just how important the external and internal reputation of read more
The company has grown to appreciate  including our board  just how important the external and internal reputation of Wal-Mart is.
When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.
When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.
That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.
That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.
It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the read more
[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.