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 Every utterance is an event, and no two events are precisely alike. The extreme view, therefore, is that no word ever means the same thing twice.  Whether there are innately female leadership styles ... is not really the right question. It is more important to ask why there has been so little attention paid to women leaders over the years as well as why the styles of leading more often exhibited by women are particularly useful at this critical moment in history. A woman has to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one. Honor your father and mother, even as you honor God, for all three were partners in your creation. - Zohar A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies. As impossible as it is for us to take a breath in the morning large enough to last us until noon, so impossible is it to pray in the morning in such a way as to last us until noon. Let your prayers ascend to Him constantly, audibly or silently, as circumstances throughout the day permit. If there were any justice in the world, people would be able to fly over pigeons for a change. We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its ends. The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present. The moment of change is the only poem. Vice can be learnt, even without a teacher. - Seneca How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not suffering in life, or at all events, of suffering less. Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long. With faint praises one another damn. Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory. A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best. A wise man never refuses anything to necessity. There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. Freedom works. 
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