Michael Porter Quotes
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.
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I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.
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In general, when you have success on the field, you're more popular, and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more, and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s.
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In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!
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I have always fought for concrete facts, for justice.
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Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
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I'm not so presumptuous to feel that they're gonna get it right away, get exactly what I have in mind. I hope that they'll enjoy looking at it at any rate, whatever it is. And that's why I started writing stories on my work.
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It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'
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The Internet's proven to be a pretty big deal for global society, and Bitcoin could basically be thought of as the Internet, applied to money.
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The only way I'll ever run a marathon is if I'm involved in the administration.
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Blood mixture and the result drop in the racial level is the sole cause of the dying out of old cultures; for men do not perish as a result of lost wars, but by the loss of that force of resistance which is continued only in pure blood. All who are not of good race in this world are chaff.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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It's also giving back to the community that put us all there in the first place. Priest wouldn't be here without the support of the fans. As soon as I joined the band Judas Priest, I got it straight away. Especially in my situation, since I've only been here five minutes. I was a fan.
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The United Nations cannot stand by and witness the destruction of the people of West Papua.
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A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.
