Keep a good ship,' his father had always said, and by that you should run your company, and your family as if it was a mighty ship of war.

Fame. Everyone dreams of fame. You long to live forever, to gain the power of light. But fame is fickle. One minute you're a young man alone in the universe; the next you're traveling beyond the stars and making grand discoveries; the next you're being ridiculed for proposing it might be possible to travel beyond the boundaries of time and causality and exist in other dimensions; the next you're being defrocked and imprisoned for cosmic heresy; the next you're being exonerated from execution and sent ironically, on a mission of certain death - all because some queen had a dream that a starfish spoke to her. It's all typical, really.

The first question is: what is a sound that makes no sound?' And by the time Captain Lambestyo has thought of an answer and opened his eyes, the sun was rising.

The bosun knew, as you and I perhaps do not, that there is a big difference between being afraid and being a coward.

It is difficult for me to imagine this company without Larry. His leadership contributions are wide-reaching, and perhaps one of his greatest attributes has been his commitment to putting employees first while keeping a keen focus on business results. Larry is the embodiment of what our culture should be. He will be greatly missed.

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