Clayton Christensen Quotes
Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession.
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.
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I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer.
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I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
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I'm a television junkie.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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All the instruments of percussion known to European science are essentially nonmusical and can only be tolerated in open air music or in large orchestras where a little noise more or less makes no difference.
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People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I don't intimidate anyone.
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I'd much rather play Batman's cousin than Batman. That's more of my speed.
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Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession.
