Source: First Things First (1994), p. 12 <!-- Originally added as : Instead of taking two watches, take compass. It is not important how fast you are moving, but where you are moving. -->
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“It’s time for the sensible center to rise up and push for a rational approach to our fiscal challenges.”
Steve Rattner https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/reclaim-the-center/, The New York Times, op-ed, 5 April 2013.
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