Bill Gates Quotes
The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.
Quotes to Explore
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
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Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.
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Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done.
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I will forever be proud to call myself a Bruin and will never forget the memories that were made here.
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It's not that we like sad movies that make us feel like, 'Oh, my God, what a bummer.' We like emotionally moving experiences. It's nothing new. It's catharsis. It goes back to the Greeks.
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Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.
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The greatest luxury is being free.
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I discovered that men were just like everyone else, really. They liked you if you were good-tempered and easy to talk to. And being a big girl meant other females trusted you more and confided in you.
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Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.
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Nobody has to tell nobody nothing,” I say, taking another step forward. “You never were a poet, were you, Todd?” he says.
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Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.
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Don't think small and expect to have a big life.
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You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
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Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them wherever they are.
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I think it must somewhere be written that the virtues of mothers shall be visited on their children, as well as the sins of their fathers.
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Twelve years ago I made a mock Of filthy trades and traffics; I considered what they meant by stock; I wrote delightful sapphics; I knew the streets of Rome and Troy, I supped with fates and Fairies-- Twelve years ago I was a boy, A happy boy at Drury's.
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When I explain our company values and the foundation to prospective employees, they realize that they have an opportunity to do much more than change the way businesses manage and share information. When you take a workforce of smart, creative, dedicated people and say "take this company time to serve your community, and bring along your coworkers, customers, and partners" great things happen.
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The individual cannot think and communicate his thought, the governor and legislator cannot act effectively or frame his laws without words, and the solidity and validity of these words is in the care of the damned and despised litterati...when their very medium, the very essence of their work, the application of word to thing goes rotten, i.e. becomes slushy and inexact, or excessive or bloated, the whole machinery of social and of individual thought and order goes to pot.
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The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.
