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"Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done."
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"With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!"
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"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."
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"If you can find your perfect job, create one."
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"Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time."
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"Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard."
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"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."
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"For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work."
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"I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital."
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"The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process."
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"Working overtime is an underpaid man's salvation."
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"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action."
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"Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information."
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"Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'"
Computer
"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity."
Change
"Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake."
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"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."
Nothing
"Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got."
Change
"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."
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"Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer."
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"Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done."
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