Clayton Christensen Quotes
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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What you want to do is you want to own as little sort of hard infrastructure as possible, and your real value is your name and how you build that up.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
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In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.
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I grew up watching Salman Khan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who have always juggled fitness with acting. In real life, I'm a fitness freak. Besides, it is nice to look at an actor who is fit, and if you become a role model, that's a perk.
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Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.
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Research shows that if patients believe they are taking the real drug, they are more confident of improving and, so, improve even if they are actually on the placebo. Conversely, if they suspect they are taking the placebo, their expectancy of improvement declines, and so does their improvement.
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Radio was my life growing up. Then, I started in our family band with my uncle, my father, my aunt and my little brother. We would go to The Chicken Box and all the bars and play.
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Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.
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Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
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... people loved to suffer, as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose the form of your suffering.
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People under-invest in family because it doesn't pay off until the long term.
