Michael Porter Quotes

I think that, too many times, business has been seen as acting in its narrow self-interest rather than, essentially, contributing more broadly to society. I think a lot of that is unintentional; I don't think that many managers are deliberately trying to be unethical or are not trying to be sensitive to social needs.

Michael Porter

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Remember, it is a deep principle of our nature not to regard the safety of those who do not regard their own. If you are indifferent to your own safety, you must not be surprised if those less interested should become more so.

John C. Calhoun

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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

John Locke

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I created my family with the people I met in the theater and escaped in the stories I told and the characters I got a chance to play. It's just always felt like home.

Michael Arden

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When they talk about music getting in your blood, I understand exactly what they're talking about, because that is me.

Travis Tritt

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My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know.

Josef Albers

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The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual thing, you have to turn it into an intellectual exercise just for your own sanity. You have to start with a conceit.

Joseph Altuzarra

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When I die, I want to come back as Bobby Layne's chauffeur.

Don Meredith

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I think videos are really hard. I'm yet to be happy with a video. It's very weird watching yourself on camera, which I guess I'm going to have to get used to. I love the thought of being in them, but it's one thing to say that and another to actually do it.

Conrad Sewell

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I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me.

Brad Pitt

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We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.

Bob Taft

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Working in water is so difficult. But I liked having something very physical to do - you realize you're strong. It's a really good feeling.

Astrid Berges-Frisbey

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I've been accused of my publicist of being too confessional... it's probably my Celtic upbringing.

Pierce Brosnan

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