Columns:: Worth Repeating

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Columns::August 20, 2001

Worth repeating

U.S. Rep. John Linder, who represents Georgia’s 11th Congressional District (which includes Athens), addressed the graduates at this summer’s Commencement ceremony Aug. 4. Some highlights:

“After seven years of college and several different businesses myself--as well as being in elected office for a quarter of a century--[this] remains the single best lesson I have ever learned. Too many of us are looking up life’s ladder, plotting how to get to the top rung. Let me give you a secret. You take them one rung at a time. Never look up, look at the rung you’re on, do your best. You’ll be amazed at how it will simplify your life and how quickly you’ll climb.
“In politics it’s easy to spot the climbers. They’re the ones who, when they shake your hand, are looking over your shoulder to see if there’s somebody more important they should be talking to. I remember meeting Sen. Hubert Humphrey when I was in college. He was already famous and soon to be vice president. When he spoke to me for that short time, I thought I was the only person in the room. Think about that as you start meeting other people. Just for that moment, let that person in front of you be the most important person in your life.”

--Beth Roberts

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