- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Way Quotes
Quotes on finding your own way.
These quotes describe the 'way' things really work - a blunt take on how managers actually get ahead in their careers, and a tongue-in-cheek trick for looking fit without the work. Related reading includes Best Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Boards
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the age of activism that is clearly not going away, it would seem that some form of engagement from directors with shareholders - rather than directors simply taking their cues from management - would go a long way toward helping boards work on behalf of all shareholders rather just the most vocal.
- Government Officials
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to put words in Geithner's mouth, but I think he is generally against the revolving door of government officials taking jobs with companies that they have overseen or in roles that involve lobbying. At minimum, I'm pretty sure he felt that way about himself.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bitcoin, in the short or even long term, may turn out be a good investment in the same way that anything that is rare can be considered valuable. Like baseball cards. Or a Picasso.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great stories are still just great yarns. News remains the best human drama ever. Technology is not changing the story; it is just changing the way in which we deliver it.
- Economic Development
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to recognize is that the best way to improve the quality of life for First Nations and Indigenous Canadians is through economic development and activity.
- Different Beliefs
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that the federal government should respect the freedoms that Canadians enjoy to have different beliefs and that by imposing personal values of Justin Trudeau on a wide variety of groups is not an appropriate way to go.
- Clause
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think that if Justin Trudeau came back from the NAFTA negotiations with a new clause - 'Oh, by the way, there's going to be a new legislature that Americans will send members to that will pass laws that will bind Canada' - I don't believe Canada would ever go for that.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
During every book, I have a nervous breakdown. Usually it's about two thirds of the way through the book - I'm just comatose on the couch for at least a week, and I eventually break through it and have an answer about how to fix the thing.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't read literary blogs. I used to read them, but it was upsetting when they would talk, in a snarky way, about my friends.
- Hotel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Way before musicians and actors cornered the market on misbehavior, writers were flooding hotel rooms and testing their livers' upper limits.
- Juice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Buying reviews of ebooks that include downloads is a well-known way to 'juice' an ebook's sales rank and attract new readers.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 'Hope Never Dies', the fictional Obama and Biden go up against drug traffickers, outlaw bikers, and other seedy opponents. They're forced to use skills they didn't know they had. Or, to put it another way, unlike Jordan Peele's Obama, this Obama doesn't need an anger translator.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're reading a mystery novel, you kind of want the character to solve the crime instead of completely bumble their way through it.
- Keep Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only way I seem to be able to keep going while I'm writing is to munch my way through boxes of chocolates.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
One way to mitigate our risk is to invest in companies with understandable business models.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020