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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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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You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.
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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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When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.
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I feel that every day, all of us now are being blasted by information design. It's being poured into our eyes through the Web, and we're all visualizers now; we're all demanding a visual aspect to our information. There's something almost quite magical about visual information. It's effortless; it literally pours in.
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I believe comedy is a really good lens to filter serious issues through. If people are laughing, they don't necessarily realize until they stop laughing that they just took something in that's going to start a conversation.
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The company ... has no rights to survive. But value systems and philosophies survive. People take them with them.
