Clayton Christensen Quotes
Efficiency innovations are a natural part of the economic cycle, but these are the innovations that streamline process and actually reduce the number of available jobs.
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When historians of early America turned from the pursuit of past politics, they devised a category known in the academy as 'social and intellectual history.' In it, they stuffed nearly everything except politics on the assumption, which the anthropologists assured them was correct, that it would all fit together. Somehow it did not.
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I'm never going to apologize for having a lot of guy friends, and I always have. That happens, and I'm not going to live my life where I'm not going to go out and have a coffee or lunch with my guy friends.
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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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Over the course of history, the people who are not scared go into the woods and are mauled by a bear, are not going to survive.
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night.
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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.
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There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week.
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I love the way Tyra Banks dresses up - she looks so elegant and glamorous in whatever she wears. The confidence and attitude she exudes on and off the ramp is remarkable.
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Athletes can definitely have an impact on society. And it's great that athletes can be a part of uniting the population.
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Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
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I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it.
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In love with the money, I ain't ever letting go
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They're making a joke of our universe
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I think Leopard is a much better system than Windows Vista … but OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for. Their file system is complete and utter crap, which is scary.
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Why is it when we talk to God we're said to be praying - but when God talks to us, we're said to be schizophrenic?
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My interests started about in science and in mathematics; I always thought I was going to be a mathematician.
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He could have made a difference. He could have brought real jobs and development to hard working communities that need and deserve those resources. Instead, William Boyland, Jr. worked to glorify one person, and that was himself.
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When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
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You don't break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That's like standing in place. You have to risk to gain it all.
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I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination.
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I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.
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Keeping a team healthy is a huge deal.
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We want to evolve; like the Stones.
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Efficiency innovations are a natural part of the economic cycle, but these are the innovations that streamline process and actually reduce the number of available jobs.
