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		I really focus on the ball, I really focus on the work, and I really focus on creating all the growth opportunities for anyone in the organisation that's willing to do it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bjarke Ingels
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Growth isn't central at all, because I'm trying to run this company as if it's going to be here a hundred years from now. And if you take where we are today and add 15% growth, like public companies need to have for their stock to stay up in value, I'd be a multi-trillion-dollar company in 40 years. Which is impossible, of course.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Yvon Chouinard
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		A lot of our fiscal deficit went to fund consumption and really did not get used to build investment and infrastructure. The trouble is, you can get a spurt in GDP growth, which may not be sustainable. I would much rather build the gradient of a long-term marathon.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Uday Kotak
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Garrett Hardin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Our combined endeavour should be to ensure that the rate of economic growth is sustained and it is socially inclusive; We must also ensure that every region of the country participates in and benefits from the process of economic growth.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Pratibha Patil
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				E. O. Wilson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We are addressing duplication and complexity. At the same time, we are investing more in research and development, speeding up the time to market of new innovations, and expanding our sales force in markets where growth is to be found, like Turkey, Russia, the Mideast, China, and southeast Asia.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Frans van Houten
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				M. Scott Peck
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I write and speak about personal and spiritual growth. One week I write about illness and another week I speak about relationships and another week I write about work and money and another week I speak to people with obesity issues. I write about whatever wounds seem to cry out for more enlightened solutions, and the love that heals them all.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Marianne Williamson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I think there are a lot of companies that are staying private longer. Much more of their growth is happening while they are on the private side. So their valuations are hitting $1 billion while they are still private more often.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Sze
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Karen Mills
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I am no historian, but Hungary is a country which has never known democracy - and by that, I mean not a democratic political system, but an organic process which has mobilised the entire country's society. In the case of Hungary, this development was blocked by the growth of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Imre Kertesz
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Russia and China have maintained that people prize stability over freedom and that as long as the central State creates conditions for economic growth, people will be complacent and will be willing to literally sell away their rights. In fact, this very economic growth will eventually catch up with these regimes.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Daniel Lubetzky
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Tears water our growth.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				William Shakespeare
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		As we continue to drive the benefits of integrating our enterprise skills, capabilities, and experience - what we call operating as 'One Boeing' - we will find new and better ways to engage and inspire employees, deliver innovation that drives customer success, and produce results to fuel future growth and prosperity for all our stakeholders.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dennis Muilenburg
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The key to a resilient global recovery, where growth in each country advances growth in every country, is action directed at supporting demand at home.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lael Brainard
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				P. J. O'Rourke
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I am excited to join the Workday Board at an exciting time in the company's growth and look forward to leveraging my past experience as a technologist and entrepreneur to provide advice as they continue to look at new areas of growth.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jerry Yang
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		All sensible politicians favor growth, just as we all favor sound public finances. Both can be achieved if we rationalize spending, invest available resources wisely, and clamp down on tax evasion.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Victor Ponta
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The reason we invest globally is because we think that's where a lot of the growth is happening: around the world.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dave McClure
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Patrick Lencioni