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Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive.

Margaret J. Wheatley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american

Topics

Time Reflection Me Colleagues You

I wasn't funny. My brother was the funny one in the family.

Jennifer Coolidge

Family Funny Brother

Basically, I try to look at everything I do as a stretch.

John Ritter

Look Try Everything Stretch

I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.

Sonia Sotomayor

Myself Parents World Envy Teachers

The American evangelical movement in Africa does valuable work in helping the poor.

Roger Ross Williams

Work American Africa Poor Movement

When I was writing 'Southeastern,' I'd just recently gotten sober. For me, that was a major turning point in my life. It changed things I did on a day-to-day basis. My whole routine was upended. It took me some time to get used to that and figure out how do I keep myself entertained.

Jason Isbell

Life Time Myself Me Writing My Life

Businesses that distribute information and news are in the business of training and teaching people.

Clayton M. Christensen

Business Training People Information

If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code.

Clifford Geertz

Writing Language Someone Remember

It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question is how would we have behaved in the face of danger and when forced to make major moral choices.

Antony Beevor

Great War World Choices Face Moral

I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture are the understanding of the meanings of our music. We haven't done that good of job teaching our kids what our music means or how we developed our taste in music that reminds us and teaches us who we are.

Wynton Marsalis

Good Music Culture Job Reading Feel

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.

William Howard Taft

Work President Gate Bring Conclusion

The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios don't know what else to do. They don't have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money.

Peter Bogdanovich

Money Control Know Kind Actor Pay

Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society.

Kent Conrad

Education Society Computers Internet