He adopted a role called being a father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a protector.

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"Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live."

- Tom Wolfe

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"He adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a protector."

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"The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence."

- Tom Wolfe

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"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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"Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability."

- Harvey Mackay

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"Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first."

- Angela Ahrendts

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"Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure."

- Stanley McChrystal

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"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage."

- Jack Welch

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