James Surowiecki Quotes
The problem with venality in business is that getting outraged about it makes it easy to miss the systemic problems that venality often disguises.
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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Never judge a person if you don't know him.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.
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It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.
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In the time I spent with him, Jurgen Klopp was enigmatic, larger than life, and extremely quick-witted. He is quite unique as a football manager in many ways, and that is what makes him so entertaining.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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Every celebrity in the world, if their movie bombs or whatever, they hold their kid up on a magazine and say, 'I'm really a dad.'
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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The condition which high friendship demands is ability to do without it.
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I have a great career, and I have wonderful fans who really are supportive and loyal - because I'm not hiding anything from them.
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At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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I just love singing, songwriting and touring.
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The problem with venality in business is that getting outraged about it makes it easy to miss the systemic problems that venality often disguises.
