Clayton Christensen Quotes
Managers are already voracious consumers of theory. Every time they make a decision or take action, it's based on some theory that leads them to believe that action will lead to the right result. The problem is, most managers aren't aware of the theories they're using, and they often use the wrong theories for the situation.
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Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
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I believe in giving back.
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If you start lifting weights, you will expect to put weight on, as muscle is heavier than fat. But you have to look more at your body shape - you will get heavier - but you might get smaller and heavier at the same time, which is fine. And it doesn't really matter what you weigh as long as you are happy with your shape and size!
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I worked with Lukas Haas a long time ago, when he was younger, and he was wonderful.
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Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.
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Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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The first time you win, nobody picks you; the last time you win, nobody picks you. You've just got to pick yourself.
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If you're having a down time at school and people are bullying you, they don't know you. They don't have the right to have an opinion on you.
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People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.
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You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don't know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing.
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I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.
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I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.
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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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The epidemic is truly black-on-black crime. The greatest danger to the lives of young black men are young black men.
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When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody.
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I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just to understand directions from my director.
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Defenders see things way different than blockers.
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Managers are already voracious consumers of theory. Every time they make a decision or take action, it's based on some theory that leads them to believe that action will lead to the right result. The problem is, most managers aren't aware of the theories they're using, and they often use the wrong theories for the situation.
