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Michael Porter Quotes

The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: May 23, 1947

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Limits Strategy You Accomplish Must

Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

Women Opportunity Earrings Go Missed

I've sold shows based on my standup twice to CBS, but they've never gone past the script stage. TV is very competitive.

Past Never Stage Competitive Gone

Thus far, I've devoted my entire career to publishing genre short fiction, but I now look forward to applying that same level of curation to finding the best new novels and new authors.

John Joseph Adams

Best Forward Short Finding Look New

I love the idea of coming into a struggling franchise and seeing if I can help them win. First off, I hate to lose. At anything. Secondly, who doesn't want to be the guy to help turn something around?

Love Hate Win Help Lose Seeing

The problem is not that there are too many guns. It's that there are people that will go out and break the law, whether it's a gun or some other weapon or a bomb.

People Law Gun Problem Go Will

I don't think this business encourages you to be present. This is a business that's always pushing you to think about your next thing.

Business Think Present You Always

Unlike the Vietnam boat people or Cuban refugees after Castro came to power, the U.S. has no moral responsibility for the chaos in Syria. In fact, just the opposite is the case.

Power Responsibility People Chaos

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

Jean de la Bruyere

Funny Day Burden First Guest Pest

I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there.

American Dark Trouble Places Jokes

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.

Christopher Nolan

Architecture Job Me Filmmaking Only

I've worked a lot with Noah Baumbach, and he doesn't make it easy to like his characters, but the stories are funny and witty and there's an edge to that kind of humanity.

Funny Easy Humanity Edge Kind Witty

It is impossible to have a Jewish, democratic state and at the same time to control all of Eretz Israel. If we insist on fulfilling the dream in its entirety, we are liable to lose it all. Everything. That is where the extremist path takes us.

Path Time Control Impossible Lose

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