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"It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous."
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"The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own."

"The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime."

"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."

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"Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general."


"Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear."


"Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves."


"A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict."


"Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola."


"Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful."


"As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out."


"Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only."


"One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions."


"The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength."
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