Clayton Christensen Quotes
I have been blessed to see visions of eternity; and events in my future that have been important for me to foresee, have been revealed to me.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone.
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I've not followed on that through yet... I've always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me.
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It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.
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I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
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I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critical to me to earn my way.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
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Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
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It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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I've learnt more physics from Kabbalah than I ever did in school.
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There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.
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Medicine is no longer looking at organs. It looks at the processes inside the cell.
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I can't imagine how many kids around the world will look at pictures of Pluto and think, 'I want to grow up to be a scientist.'
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The United States needed a civil war to unite properly.
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My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.
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I have been blessed to see visions of eternity; and events in my future that have been important for me to foresee, have been revealed to me.
