Clayton Christensen Quotes
I don't feel that this concept of disruptive technology is the solution for everybody. But I think it's very important for innovators to understand what we've learned about established companies' motivation to target obvious profitable markets - and about their inability to find emerging ones. The evidence is just overwhelming.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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To me the definition of true masculinity – and femininity, too – is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.
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The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
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I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
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A fatwa is a religious edict. Such edicts bind only those who seek to follow the Imam issuing them but can be regarded as an option for others seeking an alternative view.
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I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.
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Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?
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Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.
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I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.
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I don't feel that this concept of disruptive technology is the solution for everybody. But I think it's very important for innovators to understand what we've learned about established companies' motivation to target obvious profitable markets - and about their inability to find emerging ones. The evidence is just overwhelming.
