偉業というものは、適切な信念の下で適宜適材適所に置かれた普通の人々によって成し遂げられる。ジョージ・ワシントンがテキサスの高校でフットボールのコーチをしても首だろう。彼は負け越しているからね。 - ヴィンス・クラーク
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Great things are accomplished by ordinary people with the right convictions, in the right place at the right time. If George Washington was a high school football coach in Texas, we'd fire him. He lost more than he won. - Vince Clark
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
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