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            "text": "but we would not follow them. And I know many people who are at the bottoms of organizations who have no authority and they are absolutely leaders, and this is because they have chosen to look after the person to the left of them, and they have chosen to look after the person to the right of them. This is what a leader is. I heard a story of some Marines who were out in theater, and as is the Marine custom, the officer ate last,",
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            "text": "mais nous ne les suivrions pas. Et je connais beaucoup de gens qui sont au plus bas niveau des organisations qui n'ont aucune autorité et sont des leaders absolus, et ce parce qu’ils ont choisi de s'occuper de la personne à leur gauche, et ils ont choisi de s'occuper de la personne à leur droite. Voici ce qu'est un leader. J'ai entendu l'histoire de certains Marines qui étaient au théâtre, et comme le veut la coutume dans la Marine, l'officier mange en dernier,",
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