Clayton M. Christensen Quotes

Generally, you can be humble only if you feel really good about yourself - and you want to help those around you feel really good about themselves.

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• Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

  

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• I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.

  

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• A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.

  

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• The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.

  

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• Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations.

  

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• The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

  

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• Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.

  

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• I am not afraid to go to jail.

  

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• Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.

  

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• I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and before very long, suddenly, Republicans were thought of as being as interested and as competent in education as Democrats, and why? Because they were talking about it and doing something about it.

  

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• When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check when you need it: a mirror reflection of myself. I believe that we are a result of our family - the people who encourage us and tell us the truth about who we are which helps us to grow through their advice and wisdom.

  

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• The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are absolutely invisible.

  

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• Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.

  

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• When my creative side isn't being fulfilled, I see it affect me in a negative way and I'm not able to become that father/husband/man that I want to be. So it's almost like this dark half that you have to satiate in order to become full, in order to become a good person.

  

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• Generally, you can be humble only if you feel really good about yourself - and you want to help those around you feel really good about themselves.

  

  Clayton M. Christensen
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  • Humble