I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world. - Theodor Herzl

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We think that computers are the most remarkable tools that humankind has ever come up with, and we think that people are basically tool users. So if we can just get lots of computers to lots of people, it will make some qualitative difference to the world.

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Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too. —Mark Twain

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Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. — C.S. Lewis

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Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. — Colin Powell

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That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane.

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While the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent of suppressed panic in the conversations. The tipping points seem to be racing towards us a lot faster than people thought.

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Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.

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When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

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We have to inspire people and give them a sense of hope. We have to bring people along, not ridicule and tear them down. — Masai Ujiri, president of the Toronto Raptors

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