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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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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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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You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing every single day, so their craft is really sharp, and it's the best songwriters who consistently get on the radio.
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The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
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My first film would have been 'Rough,' and it got delayed. 'Venkatadri Express' released first and became a big success. I signed 'Venkatadri' after 15 days of shooting for 'Rough'. I had lot of faith in the script, and I feel luck plays a major part.
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Success in football is relative. If you take a job at a school that finished with a 1-9 record the year before, you're considered a good coach if you finish 5-5 in your first season. But what happens if you start with 8-2 or 9-1?
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There are times where you can't do it yourself and the system takes over, or it's appropriate to do things differently. But I think driving your son and your wife away from hospital was really important to me.
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I went through six years of battles on health care because I didn't have $100 million worth of advertising saying how it would never work.
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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.
