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You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.


Bob Nelson

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NELSON ALGREN Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman ...
NELSON ALGREN The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, p...
NELSON ALGREN It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exc...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.
NELSON ALGREN We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed ...
NELSON MANDELA It always seems impossible until its done.
NELSON MANDELA As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had ...
NELSON MANDELA The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye c...
NELSON MANDELA