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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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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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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There seem to be many causes of depression. One cause is profound loss, grief. Economic hardship we know is linked to depression. We don't have a full picture.
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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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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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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 grew up listening to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and lots of blues, R&B and Motown.
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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 dreamed: I am the fish whose flesh is eaten, and because I am fat, it is good.
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You never know what's going to play into what's worthy of getting encapsulated into a song.
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Women take so long to get ready, but when they get out of the bathroom, they look smokin' hot. That's the struggle of men throughout history, waiting by the door. The wait is so worth it. Always.
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Many people, including those from the BWF, don't really understand what the main problems in badminton are and what it most needs because many officials are not competitors.
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I'm not a fan of giving to charities. I have a few I support, but the overhead and inefficiencies really bother me. Instead, I pay people's bills and help solve problems.
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Specifically, I would suggest that the effective organization is garrulous, clumsy, superstitious, hypocritical, monstrous, octopoid, wandering, and grouchy.
