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"I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this."
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"It's unfortunate that you don't see the loyalty from management to players and players to management like we used to see in the old days."
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"The only difference between May and Day is the M and D! Be a good Managing Director of your life each day in May."
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"I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions."
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"If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now."
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"An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by on, and I made props and I walked on, and I changed scenery, and I realized that I just loved it."
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"Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week."
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"There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there."
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"He comes to London and gets a job in a nightclub, a gay club, where he's known as Straight Dave by the bar staff - and no one believes he's as straight as he claims to be. He meets the daughter of the club manager, and he has an affair with her."
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"My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts."
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"Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change."
Change

"Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure."
Life

"Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!"
Ego

"When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat."
Defeat

"Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss."
Acceptance

"A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team."
Performance

"You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game."
Defeat

"Don't let other people tell you what you want."
People

"Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission."
Management

"Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it."
Choice
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