"Mehmet Ali Birand: We're still living in Dec. 17
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
No one can start a task as enthusiastically as us Turks.
When we Turks decide to do something, nothing can stand in our way. Nothing distracts us from our goal. Others may think we are going to be late or that the task at hand will overwhelm us, but Turks can usually surprise everyone and produce a result.
Afterwards, we Turks fall asleep, exhausted by the energy it took. We have a saying: �Starting a task like a German, (calculating, careful and methodical) and finish it like an Englishman (calmly and thinking of the long term objective.) We usually think of ourselves as closer to Germans in the way we start a task, but we admit that we never finish it like an Englishman. "
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