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WHAT I FEAR IS COMPLACENCY. WHEN THINGS ALWAYS BECOME BETTER, PEOPLE TEND TO WANT MORE FOR LESS WORK.”
“ I’M NOT SAYING THAT
EVERYTHING I DID WAS
RIGHT, BUT EVERYTHING
I DID WAS FOR AN
HONOURABLE PURPOSE.”
“ I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF
MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE,
BUT NOT EVEN MY WORST
ENEMY HAS EVER ACCUSED
ME OF BEING AFRAID TO
SPEAK MY MIND.”“CHANGE IS THE VERY
ESSENCE OF LIFE. THE
MOMENT WE CEASE
TO CHANGE, TO BE
ABLE TO ADAPT, TO
ADJUST, TO RESPOND
EFFECTIVELY TO NEW
SITUATIONS, THEN WE
HAVE BEGUN TO DIE.”“ YOU LOSE NOTHING BY BEING POLITE. THE ANSWER IS ‘NO’, BUT
PLEASE SAY IT POLITELY AND GIVE THE REASONS... EXPLAIN TO
ME WHY ‘NO’. DON’T CHANGE ‘NO’ TO ‘YES’. DON’T BE A FOOL.
IF THERE WAS A GOOD REASON WHY IT IS ‘NO’, IT MUST REMAIN
‘NO’, BUT THE MAN MUST BE TOLD POLITELY.”
“ LIFE IS NOT JUST
EATING, DRINKING,
TELEVISION AND
CINEMA... THE
HUMAN MIND
MUST BE CREATIVE,
MUST BE SELF-
GENERATING; IT
CANNOT DEPEND
ON JUST GADGETS
TO AMUSE ITSELF.”Cover story | INSPIRE