"Teamwork is not a matter of persuading yourself and your colleagues to set aside personal ambitions for the greater good. It's a matter of recognizing that your personal ambitions and the ambitions of the team are one and the same. That's the incentive."
"Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess."
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Source: Rexroth's Daughter. Song by Greg Brown, 2000.
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