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历史不会重复，但会押韵。

Truth is often stranger than fiction.

作家的职责是成为一个麻烦制造者，和平的扰乱者。

Live as though you intend to live forever，and work as though your strength were limitless.

创新是企业发展的动力，没有创新就没有未来。

领导力在于让你的存在使他人变得更好，并确保这种影响在你离开后依然持续。