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Matthew Stewart Quotes

We mislead ourselves when we pretend we can make someone into an effective manager by putting them through a few courses in business school.

Matthew Stewart

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: american
Birth: January 2, 1963

Topics

Business School Someone Manager Make

I had to find stories no one else was writing, so I got away from the quarterback and the coach. I'm still looking for stories no one else has written.

Writing Looking Find Coach Away Got

I grew up Presbyterian, just a basic Protestant upbringing. There were years in my life when I would go to church every Sunday and to Sunday school. Then I just phased out of it.

Life School Church My Life Sunday

A good idea is not enough. It must be the fit of a particular idea for a particular entrepreneur and, ideally, unfair advantages in why said particular entrepreneur is going to address said particular idea.

Good Enough Entrepreneur Said Why

I've never got on with the British press because they've always given me such a hard time. Once they build a band up they just want to do people down. They shouldn't concentrate on the colour of someone's shirt they should listen to the music.

Andrew Eldritch

Music Time People Me Someone Down

As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences.

Consequences Single Act Reckless

The laughs mean more to me than the adoration. If two girls walk up to me and one says 'you're cute', I'll say thank you, but I appreciate it much more when the other one says 'you make me laugh so much'.

Cute Walk Me Thank You Appreciate

The body of work I create combines traditional storylines and postmodern narrative strategies to approach themes such as belonging, identity politics and conflict, as well as the push towards - and resistance against - modernization.

Work Politics Identity Conflict Push

The very end of me mom's road is the back entrance to Bray Head. Usually climb it when I get home.

Tristan MacManus

Home Me Mom Climb Road End

Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one's focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no longer visible, thereby transforming data collection into bias confirmation and morphing self-deception into self-assurance.

Michael Shermer

Confidence Focus Data Bias Being

My viewpoint is the Senate is dysfunctional.

Dysfunctional Senate Viewpoint

The best traders are not right more than they are wrong. They are quick adjusters. They are better at getting right when they are wrong.

Lloyd Blankfein

Best Better Wrong More Right Quick

I grew up hearing stories about how my maternal grandfather had put himself through engineering school in New York City. He saved money by walking down to a gas station once a week to take a shower. When I applied to college, both education and investment value were important to me.

Education Money School Value College

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