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From Quotes by John W. Gardner
- Perhaps the most striking feature of the [nonprofit] sector is its relative freedom from constraints and its resulting pluralism.
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- Josh Billings said, It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings have always employed…
- Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
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