When she asked what my father taught me, I told her I couldn't put it into words. But then I lay awake watching the snow fall outside and came up with this: how brave a thing it was for him to try to rediscover something, even if it was only himself, not a continent.
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PETER DRUCKER Efficiency is doing better what is already being done. PETER DRUCKER INNOVATION is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an oppor... PETER DRUCKER Information is recorded in vast interconnecting networks. Each idea or image has hundreds, perhaps t... PETER RUSSELL The laws against public nudity make no sense. The idea that Jerry Falwell can go topless while Cindy... PETER MCWILLIAMS The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and ex... PETER ABELARD Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you... PETER LYNCH Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out a... PETER DRUCKER