James Surowiecki Quotes

It may be that the very qualities that help people get ahead are the ones that make them ill-suited for managing crises. It's hard to prepare for the worst when you think you're the best.

James Surowiecki

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BestPeopleThinkHelpYouAhead

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

John Dewey

LifeEducationPreparationItself

We have a two-week rule. We're never apart for more two weeks. Just not being separated for Jurassic periods of time seems to help. And no children probably helps a lot.

Megan Mullally

ChildrenTimeHelpMoreNeverTwo

Of course I had written a film about Elizabeth I, and I loved the Tudor period, and I think at the time Working Title and I had debated on whether to do Elizabeth I or Henry VIII. I'd always wanted to do Henry VIII. Like Elizabeth, I'd had this feeling that it had never properly been addressed.

Michael Hirst

TimeThinkLovedFeelingNeverFilm

'West Side Story' is one of the greatest theatrical experiences I've had.

John Tiffany

StoryExperiencesSideWestGreatest

When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and immediately seduced me. They used the strongest drugs in our culture, sex, power and money, to win me over.

John Perkins

PowerCultureMoneyDayLieWin

I suppose we're not supposed to judge people.

Rush Limbaugh

PeopleJudgeSupposeSupposed

Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun.

Masi Oka

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When I was young, all I wanted to do was to compete, have fun and travel.

Mitch Gaylord

TravelFunHave FunYoungCompete

The world is the totality of facts, not of things.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

WorldFactsThingsTotality

Even with the approach that I take in Congress, which is to bring people together to get things done - many people describe that as 'reasonable' - I couldn't vote for John Boehner's re-elect.

Chris Gibson

TogetherPeopleCongressDoneVote

Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't believe anything anybody tells you about an airplane.

Chuck Yeager

AirplaneBelieveLearnWingsYouGo

I can't say for sure where I was headed the first time my mom put a blue blazer on me. Church, probably. West Side Presbyterian in Ridgewood, New Jersey, specifically, where my blazer was paired with a clip-on tie and a pair of khakis for a Sunday morning with my fellow congregants.

Willie Geist

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