Clayton Christensen Quotes

The dumb-manager theory of business problems just didn't hold water for me. There had to be a deeper reason why smart people would make decisions that lead to failure.

Clayton Christensen

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• I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.

  

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• My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.

  

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• I loved the world of imagination.

  

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• Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.

  

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• I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.

  

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• I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

  

  Barbara McClintock
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• If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.

  

  Ed Harris
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• When I got out of high school, I started breaking out. I tried everything from A to Z as far as seeing doctors and getting prescriptions. I even did home remedies, and I had no luck. A fan gave me Proactiv, and it cleared my skin, but there were too many steps. I lose everything, and I lost one of the products. My acne started to come back.

  

  Cameron Dallas
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• I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.

  

  Faith Hill
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• Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.

  

  Dan Gable
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• You have to relish the challenge of television.

  

  Laura Linney
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• Botox, trust me I've been tempted - but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles - and your skin - if you're sick and don't move for a few days. It all atrophies! Plus, if you freeze a muscle in your face, other muscles have to compensate! And once you stop, what does that look like?

  

  Salma Hayek
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• The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.

  

  Vaclav Havel
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• When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.

  

  Sam Worthington
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• It's the irrational things that interest me.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
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• I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.

  

  Zac Posen
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• I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.

  

  Zane Grey
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• I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.'

  

  Zooey Deschanel
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• You know how it is with drawers and labels in the music business. They don't want anything to be complicated. They just want it simple, as simple as possible.

  

  Mark McGrath Sugar Ray
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• I benefit from a change of scenery; it's always inspiring.

  

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• Compared to other people, I am not that narcissistic. Sometimes, I don't even plan all that I wear.

  

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• We always play clubs. It's not something that I feel above. Those are my favorite shows because they're intimate, they're tight, their sweaty, they're hot. You're close to the people. Those are my favorites.

  

  Joan Jett
  • People

• If I'm afraid of someone on the street, I'll turn to him (it's always a boy) and say, "Excuse me, do you happen to know what time it is?" This is my way of saying to the person, "I see you as a friend, and there is no need to hurt me or take my stuff. Also, I don't even have a watch and I am probably not worth mugging." So far, it's worked like gangbusters... And I've discovered that most people I'm afraid of are actually very friendly.

  

  Rebecca Stead
  • People
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• The dumb-manager theory of business problems just didn't hold water for me. There had to be a deeper reason why smart people would make decisions that lead to failure.

  

  Clayton Christensen
  • People
  • Why
  • Business