C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes
Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.
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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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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you.'
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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Mel Gibson is losing it. I don't know how people still supporting this dude's movies like it's all good. That dude is nuts. All you gotta do is shut him down and don't support any of his movies.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living it. Our health, diet and relationships suffer. We make mistakes at work. We struggle to relax, to enjoy the moment, even to get a decent night's sleep.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.
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People think I am funny all the time. But I am not. I am serious, too. Also, I enjoy serious, dramatic films.
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Every day a piano doesn't fall on my head is good luck.
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The day had gone by just as days go by. I had killed it in accordance with my primitive and retiring way of life.
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'You’re sure you want to look into these cognates? You might see things you wouldn’t like.''So long as I know the truth, I don’t care whether I like it or not.'
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Meanwhile, the originator of a theory may have a very lonely time, especially if his colleagues find his views of nature unfamiliar, and difficult to appreciate.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
