Clayton M. Christensen Quotes

I talk to our kids now that they are grown up, and I ask them about the experiences that had growing up that really had a powerful influence on the way they view the purpose of life. The experiences that really shaped their values - my wife and I have no memory of those experiences!

Clayton M. Christensen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 6, 1952

Topics

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I sometimes think my earnestness is confused for stupidity, but it shouldn't be.

Jenny Slate

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I delight sometimes in saying to - as when I'm a teacher, I love saying, 'This is really important, so don't write it down.' To me, what you retain is a very important filter.

Robert Pinsky

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If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy, that caring, spreads.

Jeff Bridges

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I completely disagree with the idea of eliminating ICE. We should not eliminate ICE: it's like saying we should eliminate the police force.

Michael Avenatti

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I am happy most of the time.

Ronnie Corbett

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You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain.

Jay Roach

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Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.

Jean Arp

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It's the one you don't expect that knocks you out.

Joseph Parker

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Bob Newhart, who is my best friend, is one of the guys I adore.

Don Rickles

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I don't get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can't help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.

Christian Bale

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Not many people read my stuff, but I really like the ones that do.

Brian K. Vaughan

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Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love.

Chuck Schumer

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