C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes
A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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There's nothing simple when you're in this 'Good Place.'
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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I think some people think I'm, like, anti-label, and I'm not. I just wanted to sign a deal when the time was right. I'm anti being shot out of a rocket when you're not ready and the songs and image aren't there.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I love working with women.
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In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.
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It is critical that writers who embrace the light of Christ's redemptive love characterize the darkness arrayed against us in a way that is consistent with its true nature.
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When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being a writer-director.
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I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.
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In back of the outward calm … a small terrified voice cries out: 'I need it. I have to have it or ...' The end of the sentence is lost in chaos. The need is so strong that an illusion is created that it must be fulfilled, or the very existence of the self is threatened.
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Failures are infinitely more instructive than successes.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
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The joke newspaper, it says Canada abandons the monarchy.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
