“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
Leonardo da Vinci
This quote is commonly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
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