Eliyahu Goldratt Quotes
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.
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Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
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I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.
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I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.
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Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant tradition continues, especially in tech, America's most dominant and dynamic industry today.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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There's no how-to guide for how to change the world. But it's easy to get hung up by misconceptions about what it takes to make an impact.
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There is many a man without learning will get the better of a college-bred man, and will have better words, too.
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I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.
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For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.
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Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
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My parents led this double life. They were in the underground movement to bring down the Nazis. My father was hanged for being a traitor.
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You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide.
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To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.
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I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in New York and I needed money, so I started working full time as an editor.
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Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.
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What we have done today is to set down the most concrete benchmarks by which the conditions in which the elections in Zimbabwe are able to take place, with an overriding imperative -- even at this late stage -- of trying to secure as free and fair elections as is possible.
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Peace is a certain resistance to the terrible satisfactions of war.
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I knew I could not live my life around a husband, now would I want a husband to live his life around me. Of course, there are any number of variations in marital relationships between those extremes. But there is always a need for spouses to change their behaviors or habits to suit each other. I have always been set in my ways and did not fancy changing my behavior or lifestyle.
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For me, 'educator' is the highest title that exists.