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"Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be."
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"Not everything set on fire will rise."
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"I claim not to have controlled events but confess plainly that events have controlled me."
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"You're too old for fairy tales, Baasen said."
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"A thing can be fine on paper but utterly crummy in the field."
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"By the truth we are undone. Life is a dream. 'Tis the waking that kills us. He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life."
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"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane."
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"There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened."
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"The real world is oftentimes different from what you expect it to be, what you think it to be, and what people might say it to be."
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"Children, our lives have been gongs striking; clamour and boasting; cries of despair; blows on the nape of the neck in gardens."
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"A fool or idiot is one who expects things to happen that never can happen."
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"My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too."
Talent
"Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be."
Reality
"I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success."
Success
"The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%."
Future
"Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs."
Decision-Making
"Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition."
Competition
"We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?"
Nation
"The Internet is the Viagra of big business."
Business
"If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century."
Strategy
"Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while."
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