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		The word synergy comes from the Greek sin-ergo, meaning, to work together. It describes a mutually supportive atmosphere of trust, where each individual element works towards its own goals, and where the goals may be quite varied; nevertheless, because all elements of a synergetic system support one another, they also support the whole.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. Buckminster Fuller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Elizabeth II 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never really a backward-looking tendency. My banking work has taken me out to Palo Alto, what is commonly called Silicon Valley. And you sense out there is always a forward-looking outlook. And New York City. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Ford, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nathan Myhrvold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nat King Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't get me wrong: there are some fantastic people who work at British Cycling who kept me together, who were there when I was struggling with it all. They were walking the same tightrope in many ways, because if you do speak up, your days are numbered. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Pendleton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Caitlyn Jenner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Refuse altogether to take an oath if you can, if not, as far as may be. (166). 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Epictetus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be non-trend-driven, and explore, be creative and take risks as an artist and as a cultural communicator. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zac Posen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just because there is no room. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patricia Marx 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My kids won't eat all whole-wheat pasta, so my trick is to mix some in with white pasta. Cook the whole-wheat for about a minute and a half before you add the white pasta. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Christa Miller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The word synergy comes from the Greek sin-ergo, meaning, to work together. It describes a mutually supportive atmosphere of trust, where each individual element works towards its own goals, and where the goals may be quite varied; nevertheless, because all elements of a synergetic system support one another, they also support the whole. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. Buckminster Fuller