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I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#atomic #atomic bomb #back #bomb #decision

Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#build #castles #easy #refuge #take

But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#both #choices #entitled #holding #left

Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#good #good manager #makes #manager #one word

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#die #make #prosperity #sure #trick

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#big #boy #dog #even #go

At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away. ↗

— Janis Ian

#away #contract #day #end #end of the day

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers. ↗

— Janis Ian

#better #i #i do #i write #make

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it. ↗

— Janis Ian

#best #better #decade #get #gets

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#community #everyone #helm #like #ought