Ricardo Semler Quotes
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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I do things right. No shortcuts.
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A company logo may be the last thing cost-conscious CEOs focus on when they're looking to jump-start growth. Which is perhaps why it took more than two decades for White Mountain Footwear, a privately held shoe manufacturer based in Lisbon, N.H., to finally give its own emblem some serious thought.
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Gains in corporate profits depend in large part on accelerating global economic growth.
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To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.
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I just write mechanical things.
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The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.
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I'm getting to be a real pro at coming into things midstream and trying to catch up.
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There are all kinds of things you can do to marry literacy with health.
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Endorsing unconventional monetary policies unquestioningly is tantamount to saying that it is acceptable to distort asset prices if there are other domestic constraints on growth.
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I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.
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Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve.
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I always compartmentalized so many different things.
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There is a tendency for things to right themselves.
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
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I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.
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Unusually rapid growth cannot keep up forever; when a company has already registered a brilliant expansion, its very increase in size makes a repetition of its achievement more difficult.
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We need a resilient, well-capitalized, well-regulated financial system that is strong enough to withstand even severe shocks and support economic growth by lending through the economic cycle.
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Growing up, I just wore whatever fit. I was going through crazy growth spurts, so I could never really take my style too seriously.
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Looking ahead, while we remain cautious about the near-term operating environment, we are confident in the strength of our franchise and the firm's longer-term growth prospects.
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Although the U.S. economy has managed modest real growth through 2002 and into 2003, most economists agree that a strong and well-balanced recovery will require a greater contribution from the business sector, in the form of increased capital investment and hiring.
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The best way to have your people be happy and satisfied is to earn the right to have them come back to work for you the next day, knowing that there are tons of other places.
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Productivity depends on many factors, including our workforce's knowledge and skills and the quantity and quality of the capital, technology, and infrastructure that they have to work with.
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Only two things grow for the sake of growth: businesses and tumors.
