Frank Herbert Quotes
One of the most important things is corporate politics. Big corporations are bureaucracies that often promote people who are best at covering their asses. Such people run scared, fearful of any suggestion they can make mistakes. And they surround themselves with others who run the same way. Don't take risks. Find out what succeeds and copy it.
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A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
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A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.
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I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.
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GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early '90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software.
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Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.
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In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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I'm always nervous doing auditions - to be honest, I hate it. I always envy the actors who are so cool and cold-blooded when they go in for an audition, especially if it's for a part that you would really love to play.
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Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives.
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But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
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Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true.
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I think it's important to incorporate everything into all parts of your life. I don't separate all the things - during the day, I talk to my kids; they come and visit. On weekends, we go crazy and do lots of activities. I'm just not good at relaxing.
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The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over.
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One of the most important things is corporate politics. Big corporations are bureaucracies that often promote people who are best at covering their asses. Such people run scared, fearful of any suggestion they can make mistakes. And they surround themselves with others who run the same way. Don't take risks. Find out what succeeds and copy it.
