Clayton M. Christensen Quotes

The paradox explored in my book 'The Innovator's Dilemma' is that successful companies can fail by making the 'right' decisions in the wrong situations.

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 don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool.

Jeremy London

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I've been painting and making things since I was little.

Jemima Kirke

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For each of us who appear to have had a successful experiment there are many to whom their own experiments seem barren and negative.

Melvin Calvin

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As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

Simon Newcomb

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Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control.

Tracey Gold

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I don't usually experience that because there are few people who intimidate me, but Woody was one of them.

Treat Williams

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I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs.

Tony Bennett

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I would advise young aspiring theater artists to do as many shows as possible. It doesn't matter if it's in the basement of a church, in school, or in community theater. Do them wherever you can; big parts or small, it doesn't matter.

Rob McClure

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Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

Russell Simmons

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A visual image in the hand of an artist is merely a tool to trigger a mental image.

Roy H. Williams

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My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors.

Mike Leigh

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I think my strength is to act instinctively, really quickly, on what I believe, what I see in this person. A proper portrait. I wouldn't dream of doing something inappropriate for that person. I guess I make the person comfortable around me.

Juergen Teller

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