Edgar Schein Quotes
The culture of Do and Tell does not teach us how to change pace, decelerate, take stock of what we are doing, observe ourselves and others, try new behaviors, build new relationships.
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The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it.
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For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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I love music.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
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I am a journalist.
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Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.
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One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.
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Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education is indeed freedom.
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I am a Libertarian. I want to be known as a Libertarian and a Constitutionalist in the tradition of the early James Madison - father of the Constitution. Labels change and perhaps in the old tradition I would be considered one of the original Whigs. The new title I would wear today is that of Conservative, though in its original connotation the term Liberal fits me better than the original meaning of the word Conservative.
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Technology is spurring innovation, and the so-called "demographic dividend" has brought change.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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Part of the whole L.A. mentality that nothing really matters unless it's a success... is such a shallow and dangerous attitude to have.
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The culture of Do and Tell does not teach us how to change pace, decelerate, take stock of what we are doing, observe ourselves and others, try new behaviors, build new relationships.
