Clayton Christensen Quotes
Finding a 'sacrificial lamb' on whom to tag blame for complicated problems is an important instrument in the toolkit of politicians, because it deflects blame for the nation's economic woes away from their own regulatory lapses, economic mismanagement and coddling to labor unions.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.
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There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.
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Me writing about tennis is like a baker baking bread.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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I really think that it's disgusting that Paris is the only place where it is illegal for paps to follow you around. It actually took someone losing their life - Diana, an inspirational woman - and then it changed, but they still won't change it in London! It's horrible!
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Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual.
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I think everyone holds back. I am always censoring myself and I'm sorry about it. But I always have to consider whether my remarks might cause someone pain.
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Beauty lies not in the things we see, but in the soul.
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
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Do what is important, not what is urgent.
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I'll do some running with the dogs, ride a bike; if I go to gym it's usually for cardio. I don't do weights as much; every once in while, I throw in some pushups and do leg exercises to strengthen my legs.
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Finding a 'sacrificial lamb' on whom to tag blame for complicated problems is an important instrument in the toolkit of politicians, because it deflects blame for the nation's economic woes away from their own regulatory lapses, economic mismanagement and coddling to labor unions.
