Clayton M. Christensen Quotes
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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
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I read a lot of true crime growing up – 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.
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I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
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I'm very excited every time I'm at Augusta National. It's such a beautiful and fabulous golf course.
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I don't envy young actors.
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I know nothing about technology.
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There was a space program before there was integrated circuits.
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As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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It's not every day people fly you to New York for auditions.
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I would argue heavily that the time that has been allocated to social used to come from television, and people are benefitting from it. People who are saying, 'Aw, you're spending all your time on Facebook, or all your time on Twitter,' I'd like to understand what the person used to do with that time.
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The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.
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Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
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I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It's tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.
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Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.
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Schooling is so important.
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Every time I make a mistake with a company, I write it out and try to figure out why it happened.
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By this time trapped inside the drug's reverie I could have sprayed out Michelangelo's Last Judgement on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. A yacht would be a beggar's handcart by comparison.
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The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is not to standardize education, but to personalize it, to build achievement on discovering the individual talents of each child, to put students in an environment where they want to learn and where they can naturally discover their true passions.
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If you said to people you can cast a secret ballot on whether to turn back the clock and have Morsi in power again, I don't think very many people in Washington would turn back that clock.
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There are few things in life that are harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate.
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The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.
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The only sensible person is my tailor. He measures me anew each time he sees me.
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I think the Vista fiasco will allow Apple to survive for a bit longer.
