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" My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance. "

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" I've become more and more aware of the promise and struggle to teach the global mind nowadays because I use every chance I get to ask faculty and administrators of management education programs why we don't offer at least one course - not even required, just an elective - on the world's religions. "

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" In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for cavalry! "

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" I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world. "

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" Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity. "

" If you are living a life that feels right to you, if you're willing to take creative chances or a creative path that feels like it's mostly in keeping with your sensibilities, you know, aesthetic and artistic, then that's what matters. "

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" A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. "

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" ! discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a camera to take pictures of buildings. For the first time, I looked through a lens - and photography immediately started to invade my life. "

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