- Arts
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- Nov 07, 2020
Committees Quotes
Committees promise collaboration but often deliver something slower and more political. These quotes describe boards and commissions that drain time and money, a system where committee placement becomes a tool of control, an artist's blunt frustration with group decision-making, and a comparison between acting auditions and academic dissertation committees. Together they capture both the necessity and the friction of group process.
Frustration with slow process runs through these quotes, much like the tension explored in Effort quotes.
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- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Or the Department of Education and another ministry were worried about duplication of effort, so what did they do? They set up two committees to look into duplication and neither knew what the other was up to. It really is a world beyond parody.
- Enhances
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is well known that the Nobel Committees bring world opinion to a focus, and that fact still further enhances the prestige attaching to the Prizes.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people are making up stories about Bob Mueller on Fox News and those get traction in congressional committees and in the White House, at a certain point, I've got to say no.
- Choking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actors are a lot like professors on dissertation committees - it's a lot of ego, a lot of rallying for position, there is a lot at stake in every single interaction.
- Evaluate
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the U.S. prison population has surged over the decades, the legal profession's distaste for former inmates has become more conspicuous. And it isn't only law. Medical schools often have committees to evaluate cases and mitigating factors but are generally reluctant to admit ex-inmates.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think ultimately audience members like to see someone controlling the quality of a film. A lot of films you see are made by committees and studios and producers.
- Each Individual
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- Nov 07, 2020
A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.
- Curious
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- Nov 07, 2020
A curious observation is the uniform way that committees review curriculum for each field of study. Too often, authorities have a knee-jerk impulse to declare that 'all curriculum areas will be the same.' In fact, real and significant differences exist between fields of study.
- Background
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.
- Greatest Things
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- Nov 07, 2020