Karl E. Weick Quotes
Specifically, I would suggest that the effective organization is garrulous, clumsy, superstitious, hypocritical, monstrous, octopoid, wandering, and grouchy.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was sure: I would leave my hometown. I felt it was my destiny.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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I love twins stories.
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Every woman has a mother, and every woman will have an issue with that mother and things that mother did or didn't do. It just depends on how you choose to process the lessons that you learned from your own mother.
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To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie.
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It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny.
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Print is at the very, very top in the fashion business - of course it is.
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I'm not big on the closet.
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Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.
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In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.
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I routinely make trips to China and India where we have offices to continue to maintain the linkages that are necessary to run a successful business.
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Israel never meant to take over the West Bank and Gaza - it got stuck with them after the 1967 war.
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Specifically, I would suggest that the effective organization is garrulous, clumsy, superstitious, hypocritical, monstrous, octopoid, wandering, and grouchy.
