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There is a world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse. Such a world requires a firm hand and a guiding light. But does it need the... read more
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“The creative bit, the real added-value bit is knowing what they want to hear before they know it themselves.”
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“Amazing what you can accomplish by applying yourself and making yourself useful.”
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“…refusing to do a finite amount of good because you cannot do an infinite amount of good is a morally perverse position.”
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- Iain M. Banks (Author)
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