Carol Bartz Quotes
My first day as a manager was at Digital Equipment in Atlanta. I was a sales rep. I was promoted from among my peers, so one day I was a peer, and the next day I was their boss.
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If you want to change things, it requires bravery.
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Like the average American that I hang out with, and like my father before me, I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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Anytime I listen to my gut and I don't do something, or I do, it always tends to work out in my favor.
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I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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I always loved art shows at schools. My friends with kids would go, and I would go with them. It's some of my favorite art... It's more about creativity than the grand statement of an agenda.
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I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life.
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It's what every writer needs: a daybed.
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Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
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We know that the hardest work is to keep yourself open to the world that technology hasn't tamed.
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There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.
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I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later.
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I'd love to do a film with Michael Fassbender. He's one of my heroes. I think he's absolutely amazing and I would love to do a project with him.
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I never had high expectations going into Hollywood. I went there just to work.
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Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore.
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I shop online mostly. I like to shop from the comfort of my own home without a sales person bugging me.
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Marketing is your battle plan for the sales team - it's about defining the landscape. Marketing is doing cohort analysis and understanding exactly what possible customers are out there. It's understanding not only which customers will respond to what messages, but also how customers will become clients if you include certain product features.
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I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.
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When I was a young person, when I was in high school, we did a very emotional and wonderful - for us, life-changing - production of 'Godspell.' It really, really was the highlight of my high school time, and it was for everybody else in the cast, too.
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My first day as a manager was at Digital Equipment in Atlanta. I was a sales rep. I was promoted from among my peers, so one day I was a peer, and the next day I was their boss.
