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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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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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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No, I think I used to be pretty superstitious about certain things, but I'm really not anymore. As long as I have everything is in order and I have my things as far as the match goes, shooting I'm fine. But I really don't.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy.
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Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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There are so many avenues to explore and stories to tell. It's just about finding new ways of telling them.
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In the kind of films that I do, there is an extremely limited number of people that can improvise. The reason the ensemble continues in the movies is because those are the people that can do that kind of work. It's not just an accident those people are in the film.
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The company ... has no rights to survive. But value systems and philosophies survive. People take them with them.
