Edgar Schein Quotes
The company ... has no rights to survive. But value systems and philosophies survive. People take them with them.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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Women just love to shop.
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.
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There are a couple of things that I'm sure people don't think are important, but I do. I don't like hair changes unless there's a reason for it. Clothing - I don't like to see an outfit worn more than one time in an hour - you can wear it again a few weeks later.
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The Keynesian belief that 'demand' is always at the root of underemployment and slow growth is a fallacy.
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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
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I've been so blessed to have the opportunities that I've had.
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Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.
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I'm a real simple person. I believe that the Bible means what it says, and says what it means.
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Coming from a country that's rapidly changing, I love the idea of a place like South Dakota where nothing has really changed.
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Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they?
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L.A. gives me a lot. L.A. is a city of extremes. People come here from all over the world that have these, like, giant ideas, and they put everything into it. And some people just fall flat on their face, and some people, you know, shoot like a rocket.
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As a CEO, you get sucked into dealing with all the tasks of being a CEO. There's a big meeting, a big discussion, and you get into all the big issues, which is your job. But what CEOs often lose sight of is that it's all about the people who work for you. For every 1,000 decisions, 999 were being made when I was not in the room.
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The company ... has no rights to survive. But value systems and philosophies survive. People take them with them.
