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Raghuram Rajan

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DEAN KOONTZ In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have b...
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SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA It is only for those without hope that hope is given.
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GARY HAMEL The fact that compulsive drives for success will arise only in a competitive culture does not make t...
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CHARLES A. JAMES Without any doubt, I am striving for power.
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RAGHURAM G. RAJAN I am convinced that only the very stupid and the very selfish have any hope for happiness.
CARL WHITE With everything there is what to do.
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