Michael Porter Quotes
If a strategy meets a goal: It's working. If a strategy meets a target: It's a success.
Quotes to Explore
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Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.
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Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.
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Saying no frees you up to say yes when it matters most.
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I think what you call 'metropolitan America' - as in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles - I think there's more awareness of the atypical, while in more traditional Britain, there's the kitchen-sink dramas and thrillers. It's more formulaic.
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I guess HBO did a giant 'War in the Pacific' mini-series that cost, like, a fortune, and there was a little moment where they literally had no money. And even though the show had become kind of a cult hit, there was an issue of whether they could actually afford to do it.
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Together, the Jenner sisters have left their mark on the jewelry and fashion accessories industry, first with The Kendall & Kylie Collection at PacSun in 2012, the Metal Haven jewelry collection in 2013, and a line of shoes and handbags for Steve Madden in 2014.
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When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds.
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I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
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I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else.
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The view from space is like having a globe on your desk -- it's a broadening experience.
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I don't want to lie. I can't tell the truth. So it's over.
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Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?
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What we try to do with all of our albums, is live out our musical fantasies in the most honest fashion we know how...We want to include songs that lyrically cover subjects ranging from the heaviest things we've ever done to light-hearted experiences that can best be presented through sentimental bluesy ballads that are usually good for a chuckle or two.
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People are already talking about the next presidential election. There's stories all over about who might run. At a recent speech, a prominent Democrat said that Hillary Clinton should not run because she can't win. Immediately after the speech, Hillary told her husband to shut up.
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I'm very ambitious. I always want more after I get something I've dreamed about, so every day, I have a new target and a new path to follow. That's pretty much my law in life.
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Yale is practicing a most unusual media strategy. I'd call it Just say nothing.
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You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.
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The point is that no matter what you do or don’t do, you are sending signals; you are intervening in the situation and therefore need to be mindful of that reality. Unless you are invisible you cannot help but communicate, so your choice of communication should be based on what kind of intervention you intend.
