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Mary Parker Follett Quotes: Most people are not for or against anything the first object of getting people together is to make them respond somehow to overcome inertia.
         

Most people are not for or against anything the first object of getting people together is to make them respond somehow to overcome inertia.


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Most people are not for or against anything the first object of getting people together is to make them respond somehow to overcome inertia.
         



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Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.



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We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature.



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