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21 " But every year, there are a few from the less influential neighborhoods. They can be the most dangerous. They fought hard to get where they are. They won’t be pushed aside without a fight. More important, don’t show anyone if you are afraid. Government professors value students who can push aside their fear. Everyone at some point is afraid of making the wrong choice "
― Joelle Charbonneau , Independent Study (The Testing, #2)
22 " Those who depend fully on another person’s knowledge to decide what is possible are easily manipulated. The most effective leaders utilize experts from all fields, but rely on none when it comes to making a decision. "
23 " No matter how smart our leaders are, there are problems they cannot solve. This is one of them. "
24 " It takes a lot of courage to choose to do nothing when you aren’t certain of the outcome. We believe this is an important lesson to impart to all University students and one many students find almost impossible to accept. I’m happy to learn that most on this team are more . . . open-minded. "
25 " This tragedy demonstrates better than any classroom lesson that leaders can never let their emotions get the better of them. Cool heads and calm logic must always prevail if we are to succeed in restoring our country to what it was before the Seven Stages of War. "
26 " More important, wearing your symbol demonstrates that you have accepted the future it represents. "
27 " The president wants me to learn that just because something is created by people in power doesn’t mean it is to be trusted. "
28 " How easy it would be to let the emptiness swallow me. To find release from sadness at the bottom. To be welcomed by those I have lost and turn away from the problems I face now. But "
29 " Perhaps he has gotten this far based on people confusing bullying for strength of personality. "
30 " History says that progress often requires sacrifice, but what kind of progress can we claim when it is built on the lives of the citizens it is supposed to aid? "
31 " All my life, I have believed that hard work and effort will be rewarded. "
32 " The chicken coop doesn’t contain chickens. At least, it doesn’t now. Though a great number of animal species were killed off by the wars, for some reason chickens survived mostly unscathed. "