Steven Sinofsky (Steven Jay Sinofsky) Quotes
People love to play expectations games, and that is always bad for collaboration internal to a team, with your manager, or externally with customers.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price.
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
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Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.
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Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.
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I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.
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I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some.
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I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
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It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.
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It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer.
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If you compromise and hire someone mediocre, you will always regret it.
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People think I'm eccentric, cranky. If I'm eccentric because I've never been into mainstream things, then I am eccentric.
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I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.
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Halsey's a really great artist - her voice is great, and she has a really cool message behind her songs.
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You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.
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You know, I think when people are in important positions in big organizations, they often get tied up with the minutia of managing money, managing things. They often forget that people deserve to be led.
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Actually, I'm quite a domesticated person. I love the little things of home.
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The atom bomb was no great decision. It was used in the war, and for your information, there were more people killed by fire bombs in Tokyo than dropping of the atomic bombs accounted for. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. The dropping of the bombs stopped the war, save millions of lives.
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It usually starts with the director and any other creatives who may be involved at the start. It's a collaboration. I bring what I have naturally and, hopefully, what they cast me for, and then we start playing and tweaking until we have what they feel's right. It helps to have some artwork to inspire me, but I don't always get that luxury.
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I think those kinds of games are going to make me a better pitcher. Without my command, I just worked harder to do the job, to keep my team in the game.
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This isn't a game for me. I love you, Ivy, and one day you're going to believe me.
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People love to play expectations games, and that is always bad for collaboration internal to a team, with your manager, or externally with customers.
