If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. - Hyman Rickover

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If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. - Hyman Rickover

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Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it. ― Criss Jami

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Optimism is a huge asset. We can always use more of it. But optimism isn’t a belief that things will automatically get better; it’s a conviction that we can make things better. — Melinda French Gates

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Be poor, humble and driven (PhD). Don't be afraid to shift or pivot. - Alex Rodriguez

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Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

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