George E. P. Box Quotes
The management system which makes only a pretense of valuing employee involvement and encouraging employee empowerment merely breeds cynicism.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight.
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Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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I play for India, I play for the 100 million people of my country.
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What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.
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Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an L.A. group who goes to New York might not do the same because the audience hasn't been introduced to the group.
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I got a divorce, and I felt like I finally started my career. I started making movies and projects that I just really believed in.
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History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and economic boom and bust.
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I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
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I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
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I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
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I try to mix it up! I do a little Pilates. I do a little Cardio Barre; sometimes I run or do the stairs.
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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You still slightly down that you're ever going to work again, every time you finish something. That's the territory of being an actor. It's like anything that's competitive. It takes a lot of determination. I just feel lucky to be able to do something that I really love.
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Colombians are sick of 'Narcos' stories because Colombia is a country that has changed so much. It's a country that's completely different from the country that we see in 'Narcos.' They reconstructed themselves in 25 years, which is amazing.
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I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order is dull. There is something about this kind of desire for order, particularly in Anglo Saxon cultures, that drive out this ability for the streets to become a really exotic, amorphous, chaotic, organic place where ideas can, basically, develop.
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The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.
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I danced with the London Festival at Covent Garden. I'm a ballerina by trade; I'm a ballerina who sings by the way.
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The great thing about doing art shows is you get to meet the people who are interested in your art, and I think that when you're purchasing a piece of art it's a tremendous bonus to get to meet the artist because you get a chance to pick their brain a bit and find out first hand what the piece is about for the artist.
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A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain.
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Active management strategies demand uninstitutional behavior from institutions, creating a paradox that few can unravel. Establishing and maintaining an unconventional investment profile requires acceptance of uncomfortably idiosyncratic portfolios, which frequently appear downright imprudent in the eyes of conventional wisdom.
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The management system which makes only a pretense of valuing employee involvement and encouraging employee empowerment merely breeds cynicism.
