James Surowiecki Quotes
If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we'd all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars.
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Our output and continued success is all about our culture. Ours has to be highly collaborative, and we have company-wide events and processes to make sure everyone stays aligned.
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You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
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Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.
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The victor belongs to the spoils.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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Radio is for driving.
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No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.
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No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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Just do what you believe in, and success will follow.
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I left for New York expecting to repeat my success, only to be turned down by almost every publisher in that city, till the Viking Press, my American publishers of a lifetime, thought of taking me on.
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There's been a huge history of cisgender success on the back of trans stories, which is something I'm deeply aware of. My take on it, I suppose, was that I do think actors should be able to play anything.
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The Asian brand, which I admire for having become a global success, is Samsung. In comparison, we're just starting, but I believe that we at Uniqlo will be the next Asian brand to do well globally.
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A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.
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I used to tell people if they looked at a map, it was right in the middle of the United States. But now everybody knows Oklahoma because of the Thunder and their success. I don't know if I'll get 'Why?' anymore.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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You remember driving your kids to Little League, and they're nervous about making the team, and you're encouraging them. Forty years down the road, we're having the same conversation. Only it's about the Ravens and Steelers, or Stanford and Cal.
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Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success.
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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
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Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
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My depth of purse is not so great
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I have never had another job and I don't have a mortgage.
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If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we'd all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars.
