James Surowiecki Quotes
Steve Jobs was rare: a C.E.O. who actually had a huge impact on his company's fortunes. Contrary to corporate mythology, most C.E.O.s could be easily replaced, if not by your average Joe, then by your average executive vice-president. But Jobs genuinely earned the label of superstar.
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I'm moving forward to do the best.
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It's all about racing on the track.
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I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.
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I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character.
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Everybody has a role or part to play; if somebody fits the bill, that is what matters.
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I'm an only child, and we're a close family.
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'You're stupid,' is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.
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Being an individual takes effort. Most people are pretty lazy. And that's OK! I mean, there are more important things than fashion. If it's going to stress you out to have a sense of style, don't do it. The important thing is to be comfortable so you can get on with your life.
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Young feminists have been sold a bill of goods about American feminism. The enormous changes in women over the past 40 years are constantly and falsely attributed to the organized women's movement of the late 1960s and '70s.
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The hardest part about this business is accepting the back end with the same love that you accepted the front end.
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If you've got kids who aren't being looked after by their parents, there's only so many times you can try and intervene to get that right.
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The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
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I don't want to start getting my little violin out, but travelling across the world constantly and staying in hotels is tough, man.
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Terrorism has long been a tactic, but modern technology allows a few small men with outsized rage to murder innocents on a horrific scale.
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The armored cars of dreams contrived to let us doso many a dangerous thing.
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Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
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On the New York Stock Exchange, all buy and sell orders are routed through a single 'specialist,' guaranteeing that most small trades can be matched directly. But most larger trades are delivered to the specialist on the floor of the exchange by human brokers, a system that big investors view as increasingly inefficient.
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Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain. Many people walk through their lives in an underslept state, not realizing it.
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I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
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Attempted murder should carry the same penalty as first-degree murder. Otherwise, you're simply rewarding incompetence.
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The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in America.
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When you keep quiet, people fill in their own most intelligent thoughts on your behalf.
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When I started out jumping around with a tennis racket, I never thought I would end up on a list of the best guitar players in the world. It makes me feel proud of the hard work I've put in.
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Steve Jobs was rare: a C.E.O. who actually had a huge impact on his company's fortunes. Contrary to corporate mythology, most C.E.O.s could be easily replaced, if not by your average Joe, then by your average executive vice-president. But Jobs genuinely earned the label of superstar.
