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“Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world - the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe.”

Quote by George Pataki

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George Pataki
George Pataki

George Pataki is an American politician who served as the Governor of New York. Born on June 24, 1945, in New York State, he graduated from Cornell University. During his tenure as governor, Pataki promoted economic and social development in New York, successfully reducing unemployment, improving the education system, and investing in infrastructure projects. more

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“Change makes us confront the great unknown. It introduces different things into our lives. Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It's all hard to accept at times, and change can often be a little scary. But if there's one fact that I've learned from raising a family, from running several businesses, from serving in Congress and now as Governor, it's that nothing has ever grown without changing.”

“A leopard doesn't change his spots just because you bring him in from the jungle and try to housebreak him and turn him into a pet. He may learn to sheathe his claws in order to beg a few scraps off the dinner table, and you may teach him to be a beast of burden, but it doesn't pay to forget that he'll al ways be what he was born: a wild animal.”

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