George Carey Quotes
People have described me as a management bishop but I say to my critics, Jesus was a management expert too.
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These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.
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Many people have said we just need to add more products. Look at Oracle, look at SAP. Add ERP and inventory or compensation. Add all this stuff. What we realized is we're the customer company. We're the front office solution, and our customers would be really upset if we just added a whole bunch of stuff and lost focus.
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When you built television sets, you have all this test equipment. And you'd have all these lines and squares on the screen to test it. So it occurred to me that it might be fun for people to control the lines and squares on the screen.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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Basically, our goal is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.
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Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
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When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.
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Soap operas are like boot camps for film actors, so I really learned a lot. It was a masterclass in working for camera. I made myself watch myself every day. I would sort of try and be objective about it and critique myself a little. There's a lot more skill set than people realize in soap operas. They shoot, like, 35 scenes a day.
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Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
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I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me to be an oracle, wave a magic wand, sprinkle some slow, sparkly dust on them, to make everything all right.
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I'm thrilled I can make a living doing something I enjoy.
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We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism.
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In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.
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I love to start the morning with a mist spray, especially after a night out.
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When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.
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Barcelona is one of the best cities in the world. I love it there. I love Big Sur. It's stunning and you get a therapeutic experience there. The drive up the coast is one of the most beautiful I've ever done. Also, Hong Kong. I could easily live there!
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People have described me as a management bishop but I say to my critics, Jesus was a management expert too.
