"50 years from now we won't need as much human labour to do what manual workers do, so we should be able to take that extra productivity and put it to better use."
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"A company needs to have good business reflexes, to be able to marshal its forces in a crisis or in response to any unplanned event."
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"For all these infectious diseases, the goal is to eventually get rid of them. And to do that we need to invent new tools, but nobody was doing that because there was no money to buy on behalf of the poorest, even the existing tools."
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"When we face a choice between adding features and resolving security issues, we need to choose security."
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"Only a few businesses will succeed by having the lowest price, so most will need a strategy that includes customer services."
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"As far as I'm concerned, the sheriff's department has done an excellent job in Savoy. The department has responded to the needs of our citizens, so I don't want to mess with a system that is working well for us."
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"The greatest need in the world at this moment is the transformation of human nature."
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"You need to be in fellowship of a church...If you separate a live coal from the others, it will soon die out. However, if you put a live coal in with other live coals, it will be a glow that will last for hours."
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"I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation."
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"Description of man: dependence, longing for independence, need."
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"Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipe below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, his imagination will prevail."
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"[Bob Dylan] was rarely tender and seldom reached out to anticipate another's needs."
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"You need a good support system when you're trying to make positive lifestyle changes. If everyone is eating burgers and fries while you're having fish and salad, it's easy to lose your willpower."
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"We don't need no trouble! What we need is love!"
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"I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation."
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"Failure is an indispensable prerequisite of success. It is how you learn the lessons you need."
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"Knowledge and know-how are the real sources of value and riches. You can learn anything you need to learn to achieve any goal you can set for yourself."
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"Flood your life with ideas from many sources. Creativity needs to be exercised like a muscle. If you don't use it, you'll lose it!"
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"Satisfy the deep subconscious needs of your customers - to feel important, to feel valued, respected and worthwhile"
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"Somehow all you ever need's never really quite enough."
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