Clayton Christensen Quotes
The basic idea that marketing is wrong at its core is one of the main reasons why innovation seems blocked and unpredictable.
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.
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Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth.
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We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That is why it is important that this be a transition year, 2006.
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As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation.
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I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.
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I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
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I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.
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I am not sure why, but I have been obsessed by the Atom Bomb ever since it first happened.
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I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry.
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Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
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Why do you think the fans like us - why they prefer our street raps over all that phony stuff out there? Because we're telling the real story of what it's like living in places like Compton. We're giving them reality. We're like reporters. We give them the truth.
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I probably prefer comedy. Why? I'm not sure. I feel like the energy of a comedy is a better fit for me. I try to be a happy guy! It seems that most of my life has the energy more for a comedy than for drama. I'm grateful to do both, but I would have to lean towards the comedy side of acting.
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Why can't I just eat my waffle?
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Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
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The international media concentrates on the famous, the big names. Al Jazeera goes to the margins, investigates stories that are still developing and in the future become very big. Why did the Arabic world love Al Jazeera? Everybody felt he was represented in the newsroom and on the screen. That kind of belonging is ours.
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People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing – but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.
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I kind of think that if you show conspiracy theorists a photo of the dead Bin Laden they will come up with an explanation for why it's really a Photoshopped picture of Bin Laden asleep. Or his dead cousin Fred. Donald Trump apparently believes that Bin Laden is dead, so that ought to be enough for the Middle East.
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Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy.
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The true wealth of a nation consists not in the stored- up gold but in the intellectual and physical strength of its people.
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I love music and I love musicians and when I hear something that's great, I always say it's like you go to a movie and you can't wait to tell your friends about it.
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I cry when I don't get food on time. I am not cranky but have the heart of a child. I cry and laugh at most times. I have the sensitivity of a child.
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Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.
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The basic idea that marketing is wrong at its core is one of the main reasons why innovation seems blocked and unpredictable.
