James C. Collins Quotes
Those who built the visionary companies wisely understood that it is better to understand who you are than where you are going - for where you are going will almost certainly change
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People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
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When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.
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I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles.
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Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war.
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You see, I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America.
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In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity.
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I'm really into California art from the '60s. I like a lot of Bay Area artists, like Nathan Oliveira and Bruce Conner.
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As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior toward creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right.
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We are awaiting aggression by Israel and any supporters of Israel. We will make it a decisive battle and get rid of Israel once and for all… This is the dream of every Arab.
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'Don’t lie,' he said. 'That’s my job.'
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Men may be way behind in creating choices for themselves, but have actually been quiet supporters of the choices women want for themselves.
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If you're right, and nobody really cares what’s out there, I wonder whether we’re even worth saving.
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A woman's love is like the morning dew. It's just as likely to settle on a horse turd as a rose.
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I've come of heart, baby, but now I'm coolI didn't make it surely, playin' by the rulesI've come of heart, baby, but now I'm fineI'm checkin' trouble, sure movin' down the lineI've come of heart, baby, but that's OK'Cause Trouble Man don't get in my way.
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I believe that every employee, from the CEO suite to the factory floor, contributes to a business’ success, so everybody should share in the rewards – especially those putting in long hours for little pay.
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There is no greater sign of innate misery than a love of teasing.
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I found myself drawn to the remote Kimberley region of Australia - in the far Northwest corner of the country - our last frontier.
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All TV can do is capture the spirit of a book because the medium is so utterly different. But I'm very grateful for the readers that Masterpiece Theatre has undoubtedly brought me.
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One of the things I really respect about Doug Moo is that he is constantly grappling with the text. Where he hears the text saying something which is not what his tradition would have said, he will go with the text. I won't always agree with his exegesis, but there is a relentless scholarly honesty about him which I really tip my hat off to.
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Start with why. And work really hard to make sure you're consistent.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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Give thought to life and liberty.
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Those who built the visionary companies wisely understood that it is better to understand who you are than where you are going - for where you are going will almost certainly change
