Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quotes
Open-minded people will not necessarily agree with me, not when my arguments don't make sense to them. But open-minded people do listen, and if I explain and when it is important, they are willing to invest in reevaluating their cause-and-effect connections.
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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Meditation helps me to calm down.
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I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.
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Why does 'writer' have no gender, but 'actor' has a gender? What is that?
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There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
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Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look at the fuss we make of it.
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I make the girls jump like I'm Kris Kross
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Almost everybody's here doing the same thing. Who am I to come up with an excuse when there's 64 other players here doing the same thing? 63 others, sorry.
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But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even the one your parents gave you. You know who you really are. When you're alone at night, looking up at the stars, or maybe lying in your bed in total darkness, you know that nameless person inside you...Your muscles will toughen. So will your heart and soul. That's necessary for survival. But don't lose touch with that person deep inside you, or else you won't really have survived at all.
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What is conserved in the ground? Stone, bronze, ivory, bone, sometimes pottery. Never wood objects, no fabric or skins. That completely skews our notions about primitive man.
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It was the dreamscape of the suburbs that interested me.
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The fight against capitalism has many aspects, particularly the distinctive economic models that concentrate the capital in few hands.
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If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
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Open-minded people will not necessarily agree with me, not when my arguments don't make sense to them. But open-minded people do listen, and if I explain and when it is important, they are willing to invest in reevaluating their cause-and-effect connections.
