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“I need to have perspective. That's one of the big things former players told me, to not try to live up to anything, just live up to yourself.”

Quote by Barry Zito

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Barry Zito

Barry Zito, born on May 13, 1978, is a renowned baseball player. He is known for his exceptional pitching skills and consistent performance throughout his professional baseball career. more

“I'm one of the people that were divorced by 30, which is apparently a growing group... Obviously it's something that affects you forever. It's going to be interesting to see in ten, twenty years what kind of lasting effect young divorce has on the people that are doing it because it's becoming more and more common.”

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Author:Diablo Cody

“A system under which it takes three men to check what one is doing is not control; it is systematic strangulation.”

Men Three Checks Systematic

Author:Hyman Rickover

“All men are by nature conservative but conservatism in the military profession is a source of danger to the country. One must be ready to change his line sharply and suddenly, with no concern for the prejudices and memories of what was yesterday. To rest upon formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death.”

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Author:Hyman Rickover

“Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.”

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Author:Hyman Rickover

“As a guide to engineering ethics, I should like to commend to you a liberal adaptation of the injunction contained in the oath of Hippocrates that the professional man do nothing that will harm his client.”

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Author:Hyman Rickover

“Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.”

Authority Atmosphere Discussion Suggestions

Book:Economics of Defense Policy: Adm. H.G. Rickover : Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session

Source: Economics of Defense Policy: Adm. H.G. Rickover : Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session

“How the hell are you supposed to know what God wants you to do with your life, eh?”

Knows Want Hell

Author:Hyman Rickover

“I have a son. I love my son. I want everything that I do to be so safe that I would be happy to have my son operating it. That's my fundamental rule.”

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Author:Hyman Rickover

“In Greek mythology, Antaeus was a giant who was strong as long as he had contact with the earth. When he was lifted from the earth he lost strength. So it is with engineers. They must not become isolated from the real world...”

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Author:Hyman Rickover

“Knowing more about the public effects his work will have, the engineer ought to consider himself an "officer of the court" and keep the general interest always in mind.”

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Book:Education and Freedom