Edgar Schein Quotes
The answer runs counter to some important aspects of U.S. culture— we must become better at asking and do less telling in a culture that overvalues telling. It has always bothered me how even ordinary conversations tend to be defined by what we tell rather than by what we ask.
Quotes to Explore
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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China has become a major presence for most countries around the world but notably for its neighboring countries in Asia. So I think it is a common position for Japan and its Asian neighbors that we certainly would strive to maintain as much as possible friendly relations with China.
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The one product I can't live without is my mascara. I'm addicted to long eyelashes and think girls just look so pretty with long lashes!
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The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
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I have never acted in one and I'm not at all interested to do so either.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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I've been racketeered on.
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I grew up in an acting family. I was heavily discouraged from doing it myself when I was young, which is the only responsible route to take with any child, because it's not necessarily the easiest of lives.
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I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.
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There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.
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I'm always trying to push for women's rights.
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Mental silence is the perfect response to a challenge.
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I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren’t.
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Putin must be punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must learn that the U.S. will isolate it if it insists on acting like a rogue nation.
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All cultures have had a belief in ghosts and a fear of ghosts. People have always told stories, and everybody likes being frightened, especially when you feel safe. Personally, I find them scarier than vampires or zombies.
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Our neediest students, who would not have access to college without Pell Grants, should not be further punished after enduring a natural disaster.
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We've got a generation now who were born with semiequality. They don't know how it was before, so they think, this isn't too bad. We're working. We have our attache' cases and our three piece suits. I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Things are going to have to get worse before they join in fighting the battle.
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The answer runs counter to some important aspects of U.S. culture— we must become better at asking and do less telling in a culture that overvalues telling. It has always bothered me how even ordinary conversations tend to be defined by what we tell rather than by what we ask.
