C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes
The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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There's nobody that's ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I believed what he said. Like if I said, 'What do I do?' he'd tell me. And that's what I missed when I left. I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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When I was a kid, I would make these incredibly bloody movies in my back yard. I was constantly making weird blood concoctions; Jell-O and milk was a good one. I was constantly ruining clothes and staining my parents' walls and stuff.
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Playing further up the pitch, you have more opportunities to score and provide assists, and it's something I liked right from the start.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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The job of nation building, the job of nation leadership in a difficult, complex coalition has worked.
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There's always something that's smoldering somewhereI know it don't make a difference to you But oh! It sure made a difference to me You'll see me off in the distance, I hope At the other end At the other end of the telescope.
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Paleontologists have tried to turn Archaeopteryx into an earth-bound, feathered dinosaur. But it's not. It is a bird, a perching bird. And no amount of 'paleobabble' is going to change that.
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The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
