Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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George Higgins: Writing
“No one asked you to write. And no one will care if you stop. If you succeed, no one will notice. It’s a rough, heartless business.” —George Higgins.
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Grant Gilmore: Hellish law
“The worse the society, the more law there will be. In Hell, there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed.” —Grant Gilmore.
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Fred Friendly: Under-tipping and stiffing
“Nobody ever got rich under-tipping waiters and stiffing cab drivers.” —Fred Friendly.
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John E Eyberg: Relationships
“Regardless of how good we are in bed, our relationship is entirely dependent on how good we are out of bed.” —John E. Eyberg.
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Daniel S Greenberg: Don’t ask the barber
“Don’t ask the barber whether you need a haircut.” —Daniel S. Greenberg.
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Dr. John H Dickey: Trust
“If they say they love you, trust their behavior. If they say they don’t love you, trust their words.” —Dr. John H. Dickey.
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Rae Andre & Peter Ward: Morality
“Morality moves down the corporate ladder, but seldom up.” —Rae Andre and Peter Ward.
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Vincent Budri: People
“1) People always find time to do the things they want to do. 2) People always find the money to get the things they want to get.” —Vincent Budri.
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Sam Brown: Offend them with substance
“Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.” —Sam Brown.
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Richard H Brien: Life cycle
“At some point in the life cycle of virtually every organization, its ability to succeed in spite of itself runs out.” —Richard H. Brien.
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Bertolt Brecht: Know better
“As a grown man you should know better than to go around advising people.” —Bertolt Brecht.
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Rozanne Weissman: Approval
“Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.” —-Rozanne Weissman.
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Jules Asner: Bad aftertaste
“You’ve got loves of your life and breakups of your life, that kind of thing. They leave a mark. It stays with you, a bad aftertaste.” —Jules Asner.
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James D Haviland: Feeling good
“If it feels good, do it. If it doesn’t feel good, do it anyway. It will feel good when it is over with.” —James D. Haviland.
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Charles G Ross: Importance of a statement
“Never characterize the importance of a statement in advance.” —Charles G. Ross.
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Dr. Donald J Rosato: Sane people taking medicine
“The world is full of sane people taking medicine to enable them to cope with all the insane ones who should be using medications but refuse to do so.” —Dr. Donald J. Rosato.
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Ann Landers: What we deserve
“Some of us should be thankful that we don’t get what we deserve.” —Ann Landers.
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Robert H Thomas: Someone won’t like it
“No matter how well you do something, someone won’t like it.” —Robert H. Thomas.
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Edward Karl: Until you’re the boss
“You always think the boss is a son of a bitch until you’re the boss.” —Edward Karl.
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Kurt Vonnegut: Flaw in human character
“Another flaw in human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” —Kurt Vonnegut
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Michael Harris: More character
“Never wear a hat that has more character than you do.” —Michael Harris.
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Warner & Swasey Company Ad: Large shadows
“When small men begin to cast large shadows, it is a sure sign the sun is setting.” —From a Warner & Swasey Company ad.
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Richard Bernstein: Accomplishing the task
“One begins to lose interest in any given task and slacks off just as one is beginning to get somewhere in accomplishing the task.” —Richard Bernstein.
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W C Bennett: Point of no return
“1) Blessed is he who has reached the point of no return and knows it, for he shall enjoy living. 2) Blessed is he who expects no gratitude, for he shall not be disappointed.” —W.C. Bennett.
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Henry Fonda: Keep your mouth shut
“When you’re up to your nose in sh*t, keep your mouth shut.” —Movie character Jack Beauregard, played by Henry Fonda.
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Margaret Halsey: Crucial disadvantage
“The crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness, and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o’clock.” —Margaret Halsey.
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Russell Baker: Insists on it
“Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.” —Russell Baker.
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Rozanne Weissman: Approval
“Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.” —Rozanne Weissman.
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Jim Amis: Don’t trust yourself too completely
“You can’t believe anyone but yourself, and don’t trust yourself too completely.” —Jim Amis.
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Patrick J Allen: Inversely proportional
“The strength of one’s opinion on any matter in controversy is inversely proportional to the amount of knowledge that the person has on that subject.” —Patrick J. Allen.
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Mark Albrecht: Troublesome correspondence
“Troublesome correspondence that is postponed long enough will eventually become irrelevant.” —Mark Albrecht.
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Gustavo N Agrait: Rumors
“A rumor will travel fastest to the place where it will cause the most harm.” —Gustavo N. Agrait.
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James Abourezk: Allies will do you in
“Don’t worry about your enemies; it’s your allies who will do you in.” —James Abourezk.
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C Northcote Parkinson: Work expands
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” —C. Northcote Parkinson.
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Elliot Zais: Capacity to blush
“As long as you retain the capacity to blush, your immortal soul is in no particular danger.” —Elliot Zais.
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Leonard Lauder: Experience
“When a person with experience meets the person with money, the person with the experience will get the money. And the person with the money will get the experience.” —Leonard Lauder.
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A H Weiler: Nothing is impossible
“Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.” —A.H. Weiler.
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Peter Gabriel: Healthy
“Artists everywhere steal mercilessly all the time and I think this is healthy.” —Peter Gabriel.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Advice
“If you want people to like you, do not give them advice. Ask them for advice.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Anna Pavlova: Work transforms
“God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.” —Anna Pavlova.
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Tammy Baldwin: Scientific process
“In my grandfather’s lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.” —Tammy Baldwin.
