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"In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto."
Jose Mourinho
"In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto."
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"I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently."
Jose Mourinho
"I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently."
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"The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children."
Linus Torvalds
"The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children."
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"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things."
Peter Drucker
"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things."
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"I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch."
Jose Mourinho
"I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch."
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"It's not just buying the company. Sure, we picked the right companies, and we picked the right management and, most importantly, we've given them the right incentive to perform."
Henry Kravis
"It's not just buying the company. Sure, we picked the right companies, and we picked the right management and, most importantly, we've given them the right incentive to perform."
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"Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!"
Jerry Hall
"Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!"
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"Change Management can become more successful with people at the core of change, the cause of change and the purpose of change."
Pearl Zhu
"Change Management can become more successful with people at the core of change, the cause of change and the purpose of change."
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"I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager."
Gene Mauch
"I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager."
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"A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge."
Peter Drucker
"A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge."
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"Management must manage!"
Harold S. Geneen
"Management must manage!"
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"We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project writing down my memoirs essentially, reminiscing about the development of the Macintosh."
Andy Hertzfeld
"We were developing an innovative Personal Information Manager called Chandler but a couple years ago I took off from that to do a project writing down my memoirs essentially, reminiscing about the development of the Macintosh."
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"I don't even have an agent or manager, but rather have a number of associates who I turn to when needed; or conversely when they hear of someone looking for me they'll contact me."
Christopher Knight
"I don't even have an agent or manager, but rather have a number of associates who I turn to when needed; or conversely when they hear of someone looking for me they'll contact me."
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"The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game."
Earl Weaver
"The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game."
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"It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it."
Hans Blix
"It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it."
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"Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners."
Gale Norton
"Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners."
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"More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager."
Walt Alston
"More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager."
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"As my manager says, 'These are wonderful problems.'"
Jeffrey Tambor
"As my manager says, 'These are wonderful problems.'"
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"You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line."
Bob Anderson
"You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line."
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"I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important."
Christina Applegate
"I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important."
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"I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms."
Orville Redenbacher
"I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms."
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"We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management."
Kevin Mitnick
"We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management."
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"When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it."
Kazuo Ishiguro
"When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it."
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"People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card."
Frank Robinson
"People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card."
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"I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform."
Ryne Sandberg
"I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform."
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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."
Charles Dance
"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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"If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance."
Norman Ralph Augustine
"If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance."
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"Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street."
Rick Wagoner
"Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street."
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"I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes."
Shirley Jackson
"I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes."
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"Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries."
Al Lopez
"Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries."
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"Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management."
Edward Kennedy
"Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management."
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"Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed."
Brian Tracy
"Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed."
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"An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager."
Bob Nelson
"An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager."
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"The secret to winning is constant, consistent management."
Tom Landry
"The secret to winning is constant, consistent management."
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"The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided."
Casey Stengel
"The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided."
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"I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates."
Joe DiMaggio
"I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates."
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"Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it."
Harold S. Geneen
"Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it."
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"She put her hands around the neck of our production manager, and you know, started to choke him."
David Gest
"She put her hands around the neck of our production manager, and you know, started to choke him."
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"That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or the club. I don't accept that makes you a bad manager or a poor coach. If that is the view I strongly disagree with it."
Bryan Robson
"That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or the club. I don't accept that makes you a bad manager or a poor coach. If that is the view I strongly disagree with it."
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"And I was asked if I would come and help with the recovery of this great British company, Cable and Wireless, and I'm delighted to become part of the new and very talented management that have been brought in to that company as well."
Lord Robertson
"And I was asked if I would come and help with the recovery of this great British company, Cable and Wireless, and I'm delighted to become part of the new and very talented management that have been brought in to that company as well."
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"Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it."
Ruud van Nistelrooy
"Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it."
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"My manager said it would more effective against left-handed hitters. It seemed to me that was impossible to do without the high leg kick, which I started that day."
Juan Marichal
"My manager said it would more effective against left-handed hitters. It seemed to me that was impossible to do without the high leg kick, which I started that day."
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"Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission."
Pat Riley
"Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission."
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"Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player."
David Gill
"Namely the manager will assess what he believes a player is worth and he will discuss that with the board and then we will go after that target. If we can achieve it at that target, great, but if we can't we will have to move on to the next player."
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"If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now."
Lauren Graham
"If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now."
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"We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many."
Larry Page
"We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many."
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"Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats."
Alvin Toffler
"Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats."
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"I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability."
Mickey Mantle
"I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability."
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"The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently."
Jose Mourinho
"The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently."
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"So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me."
Jon Secada
"So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me."
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