"If you get the dirty end of..." - Quote by Colin Powell
If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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“Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.”
“Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.”
“If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn't prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.”
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“Until we have finally accepted the fact that there is nothing we can do to change the past, our feelings of regret and remorse and bitterness will prevent us from designing a better future with the opportunity that is before us today.”