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"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work."
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"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."

"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."

"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."

"For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work."

"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."

"Working overtime is an underpaid man's salvation."

"I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession."
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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."

"Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got."

"Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs."

"The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself."

"We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn."

"Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window."
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