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"Haven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem"
"If you’re aggressive in your dealings, that’s how you’ll be regarded in the world. You might smile and give generously, but if you frequently explode in anger, people never feel comfortable in your presence and you’ll never have peace of mind."
"We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people's wrongness."
"When people are hurting, what they really need is someone who is fully there for them - not someone who is condescending or officious. The only way for you to be there for them is by facing your fear or anger, whatever feelings cause you to shut down."
"Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people."
"Always when I come to the field, I try to do my best for other people."
"People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory."
"A manager sets objectives - A manager organizes - A manager motivates and communicates - A manager, by establishing yardsticks, measures - A manager develops people."
"The job of a professional manager is not to like people. It is not to change people. It is to put their strengths to work."
"A manager's task is to make the strengths of people effective and their weakness irrelevant - and that applies fully as much to the manager's boss as it applies to the manager's subordinates."
"Everything requires time. It is the only truly universal condition. All work takes place in time and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable, and necessary resource. Nothing else, perhaps, distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time."
"People aren't rational. We're not thinking machines, we're - we're feeling machines that happen to think."
"The man who first brought ruin upon the Roman people was he who pampered them by largesses and amusements."
"Mathematics is the language in which the gods talk to people."
"Reality TV now doesn't feel reality TV when it started. The line between reality and fiction is blurred. So many of these people are phony or shallow, in their own right. If you've ever watched any of The Real Housewives, or those types of shows, they're all performing. Even though they're real people, they're performing."
"I found myself being more and more involved with people who were rejected by society - with drug addicts, alcoholism, battered this, battered that - and I found an affinity there."
"All people want to be touched."
"If I am to care for people in hospital I really must know every aspect of their treatment and to understand their suffering."
"I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world."
"The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority."
