#elf

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#excellence #himself #man #means #more

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. ↗

— Bill Gates

#employers #few #find #get #helping

To live is to feel oneself lost. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction. ↗

— Bill Gates

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In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone. ↗

— Bill Gates

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Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana. ↗

— Bill Gates

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Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them. ↗

— Bill Gates

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I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.' ↗

— Melinda Gates

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