Quotes about american-author
american-author behave certain competition design follow general principles similar
Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail.
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One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.
american-author assigned attend busily contribute force helping hold money perform suspect values
Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear.
american-author attracts fulfilling opportunity people
Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves.
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Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful.
american-author likely succeeds
But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.
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It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.
american-author design humans ultimately
Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?
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The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.
american-author creates division inevitably labor permanent
A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.
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One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences. Raymond E. Feist
american-author downhill hit people
There's always going to be comparisons, and that's unavoidable. There are people out there who feel I hit my peak with Magician and have gone downhill since.
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Also, it's risky to try to duplicate earlier success. Magician had a certain charm to it, mostly due to my choice of lead characters, that I would be hard put to duplicate.
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The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky. Sarah Vowell
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I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.
american-author man revealing
I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln.
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We go in to liberate Cuba, but Cuba still isn't free; we don't really think through what we'll do after the initial treaty is signed, but we're still occupying. There's chaos and torture and finally an outcry.
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The Democrats should concentrate instead on how to spend money - lots of it - in smart, socially useful ways that help struggling wage earners. William Greider
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You look at the descriptions of Whitey by law enforcement during his early years, and they sum him up pretty well. He was the same guy 40 years later; he just had $40 million more, and had committed 40 more murders. Howie Carr
american-author globe reporters required trust
Reporters used to be blue-collar; at the Globe now, it's practically required that you have a trust fund.
american-author communication work
The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this. Mary Martin
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You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done. Keith Miller
american-author baseball enormous struggles
We've had enormous struggles on the baseball front.
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The books are funny and sad, and that's what people respond to. Paula Danziger
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There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed. Peter Sellers
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Playing football is obviously very strenuous. It's exhausting. You have to try very hard in football. But there's no heroic risk involved. Gregg Easterbrook
american-author bit crops factors love mutual trivia
Our mutual love of movie trivia factors occasionally in the 'Bone' character. It crops up a bit more in the 'Maestro' character. Robert Asprin
american-author wilderness
In wilderness is the preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau
american-author complain economic except ordinary social
In the long run, consequently, the ordinary American will have nothing irremediable to complain about except economic and social inequalities. Herbert Croly
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Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story. Jhumpa Lahiri
american-author audience entirely fiction harvard science women
In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic. Jonathan Carroll
american-author gave please reason room
I gave up my room on 34th St. because I had too many young callers who were unwelcome... For this reason please don't tell them where I am. Horatio Alger
american-author anyone doors follow open opened
If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else. Joseph Campbell