Mario Lemieux Quotes
I think people in Montreal smoke a lot, and I used to smoke when I was 17-18, and just picked it up when I was playing juniors. But I think I stopped when I was 22, which was a big decision in my life.
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Investment in training is a huge necessity for knowledge-based corporations.
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And this lies in the nature of things: What people are potentially is revealed in actuality by what they produce.
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I think people in Montreal smoke a lot, and I used to smoke when I was 17-18, and just picked it up when I was playing juniors. But I think I stopped when I was 22, which was a big decision in my life.
