Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Whoever can surprise well must conquer.

John Paul Jones

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'Slumdog Millionaire' is a fairy tale, but it starts in a place you really believe, and that came from spending two months wandering around the slums picking up stories and talking to people.

Simon Beaufoy

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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.

Rosa Parks

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I have argued about the future of fiction with jaded novelists, far-seeing postmodernists, technologists, television critics. The argument that future generations will not know the pleasures of the novel has been a staple of book reviewing since at least 1960.

Russell Smith

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Wine needs to have a context in a social gathering to fulfill its historical place in this world.

Mike D

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I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities.

Lou Reed

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I only realized I could potentially make movies after seeing 'Ed Wood.'

Jon Watts

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I am scared of horror movies.

Chris Gethard

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I think the B-52's were a huge influence on Sleater-Kinney. The way that there'd be a really interesting guitar line that'd be really melodic and kind of simplistic, I really related to that. The sense of melody is really intense and fun. It's not just traditional song structures, but it's very melodic and draws you in, in kind of an immediate way.

Corin Tucker

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I've got my feet on the ground because I've got a lovely family waiting for me when I get home, even though they're not my flesh and blood. I haven't got children. That's my only regret, I suppose.

Bonnie Tyler

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If the brain expects that a treatment will work, it sends healing chemicals into the bloodstream, which facilitates that. And the opposite is equally true and equally powerful: When the brain expects that a therapy will not work, it doesn't. It's called the 'nocebo' effect.

Bruce Lipton

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I'm taking my rats. Those are my friends for the tour. Thelma and Louise. They're so cute.

Pink

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