Dee Hock Quotes
An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
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Half the time, people will be abusing me on Twitter, and half the time, somebody will be praising me. So either it will go to my head, or I will take it to my heart. So better I stay away from it.
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We don't worry about the integrity of our game. I'm more focused on the atmosphere in the arena, and that's something we're comfortable with going forward.
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All you have to do is to dream big and try to fulfil it.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.
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It's jarring to live in a world where every person feels his life will only get better when you came from a world where many rightfully believe that things have become worse. And I've suspected that this optimism blinds many in Silicon Valley to the real struggles in other parts of the country. So I decided to move home to Ohio.
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My legs are really long and that's cool apparently, but I'm totally klutzy. I mean, I'm like Bambi. I fall all over myself because I can't control my arms and my really long legs.
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Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work or the population to sustain itself or for the country to have a future.
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After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.
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I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.
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Follow your passion. Do what you love, and the money will follow. Most people don't believe it, but it's true.
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I don't like crazy names. I don't like them. I don't think it makes any sense. You have to think about the child and, as they get older, what they have to deal with. A lot of people do things as a fad, and they want to get some attention, but it's like, this is your child.
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I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the world inspires me.
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The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior.
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An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.
