Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig.

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"People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency."

- Malcolm Gladwell

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"The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty."

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"Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good."

- Malcolm Gladwell

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"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good."

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"The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication."

- Malcolm Gladwell

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"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."

- Unknown

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- Thomas Jefferson

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"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

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"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."

- Michael Larsen

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"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

- Colin Powell

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