Edgar Schein Quotes
When our true intentions are something other than providing help, such as getting a job done or beating someone in a game, we are most prone to falling into the traps described throughout this book.
Quotes to Explore
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Everyone has hiccups in their families.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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My whole life is a theater piece.
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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.
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People resent movies that try to tell them exactly what to feel.
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I have always been the girl who keeps on trying. I try! I try!
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I think selfishly, as an actor, we always want to do more.
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Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.
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I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences.
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If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice.
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The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.
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I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for very few people.
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Life is Time Management and then you're dead.
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At a certain point, a critical mass of people either have used the Internet or have expectations. Anything less than the free flow of information will be seen as having something taken away. We've seen time and again - in Egypt and Iran, for example - that creates a backlash.
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There's such a cynicism about the phrase 'I laughed all the way to the bank.' It's as though money is what you're doing, rather than playing music. If you're playing a money game, why not get into banking?
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Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.
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When our true intentions are something other than providing help, such as getting a job done or beating someone in a game, we are most prone to falling into the traps described throughout this book.
