"“Be glad for what you have, not sad for what you have not.”"
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Dame Lesley Strathie’s personal mantra, cited in her obituary published by Civil Service World. January 25. 2012
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Lesley Strathie
Dame Lesley Ann Strathie, DCB (née Cooke; 24 September 1955 – 14 January 2012) was a British senior civil servant.
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