Charles West Churchman Quotes
We have overwhelming evidence that available information plus analysis does not lead to knowledge. The management science team can properly analyse a situation and present recommendations to the manager, but no change occurs. The situation is so familiar to those of us who try to practice management science that I hardly need to describe the cases.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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Don't forget to eat a lot of greens and fish oil pills. Those are two of the best things to keep your skin glowing.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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Gluttony is not a secret vice.
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No one person is an island.
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It's so lovely to know that people who you would never think know about Bollywood, they know about Bollywood.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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I've been acting since age 8. I just stopped enjoying it as much as I used to.
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to perk me up. The audience picks me up enough. That's the total God's truth.
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I would quite like to have been a 1920s writer.
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Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word.
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When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly.
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One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development.
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We have overwhelming evidence that available information plus analysis does not lead to knowledge. The management science team can properly analyse a situation and present recommendations to the manager, but no change occurs. The situation is so familiar to those of us who try to practice management science that I hardly need to describe the cases.
