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Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament, and by choice. For them, the new information environment-undermining old means of control, opening… — Harlan Cleveland Copy Share Image
I thought that the world was a vast system of signs, a conversation between giant beings. My actions, the cricket's saw, the… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
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The Oriental philosophy approaches easily loftier themes than the modern aspires to; and no wonder if it sometimes prattle about them. It… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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