The idea that in the system, if you manage it in an optimum way, all of the constituent parts of the system also win, flourish, and benefit, is intrinsic to business and even to capitalism itself, properly understood. But people don't understand it because we're not taught to think that way.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES They're all focusing on how John Roberts is going to decide Roe v. Wade. That isn't even the... JAY ALAN SEKULOW We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea ho... JESSICA ENNIS The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets ar... RANDY NEUGEBAUER Principle says it's not who put forth an idea. It's not the position of the person who put f... DAN WEBSTER Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged ... MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. You know, they just don't make big movie stars the way they used to, maybe because the system ha... TOM ATKINS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It's like the American democratic system. When you vote, even if your candidate doesn't win,... OLAF CARLSON-WEE A lot of people are afraid of the idea of enslavement, and that's because it's tied to so mu... ALDIS HODGE 'LOL' is one of several texting expressions that convey nuance in a system where you don'... JOHN MCWHORTER I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE I'm a lover not a fighter. But when I have to fight, I fight to win. There cannot be another outcome... TEMITOPE IBRAHIM Not only our political system is broken, but how we do business and have public discourse with one a... ISAIAH WASHINGTON You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it's not that way at all, it's something el... DAVID GEFFEN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON You have to talk about 'The Terminator' if you're talking about artificial intelligence.... GRAY SCOTT It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most ot... PATRICK MACNEE I think 'The Sopranos' probably solidifies the misconception that people have about New Jers... FRANK VINCENT The Chinese banking system is built on quicksand and that's the one thing a lot of people don... JAMES CHANOS I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anythin... JUSTIN VERNON I care about the people I know and love the most, but I also care about what the people I don't ... MARILYN MANSON It's very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, bec... BEN CARSON I think the 'Terminator' idea is a reasonable one - that is that one day the Internet become... MICHIO KAKU I'll still make movies for studios, but my editing process will be much further removed from the... SPIKE JONZE I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don... ASHLEY RICKARDS I think everyone expects if you're in the lead, or if you're a favourite to win, you will wi... JASON DAY Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We're not a racist organization, because we understand that racism is an excuse used for capital... FRED HAMPTON As much as you need to know your operations, if you don't understand the finance side and how to... TILMAN J. FERTITTA If you're going to say to all the people that you're working with, 'We want you to treat... JAMES SINEGAL Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say... MAGNUS SCHEVING 'Black' is an adjective, in my book, and the way I use it, sometimes I'll say 'black... THURGOOD MARSHALL It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mock... RACHEL KUSHNER We're a very success-driven culture, which is such a downer at times. Even if you don't thin... COURTNEY BARNETT All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD I never understand when people say, 'Do you do comedy or tragedy?' I don't think they... MIKE NICHOLS Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's ... JACKSON BROWNE The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think there's lots of people with family connections but who are actually nowhere. If you'... ISABEL DOS SANTOS The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS Of course, the American education system is very inefficient in many ways compared to other countrie... JOHN FORBES NASH, JR. That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is w... HAMILTON JORDAN So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we're vulnerable, and vulnerab... CONDOLEEZZA RICE Grooming a successor, is it an inheritance? In a democratic party, you don't want leaders appoin... ROBERT MUGABE But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just... TOMMY HILFIGER I believe in the law. I think we have a great system of justice. But I do think that system of justi... HENRY LOUIS GATES You have to understand: the narrative that people have about business and capitalism is that they ar... JOHN MACKEY It is unfortunate that there are people who say that capitalism is inherently immoral. I do not view... LEE R. RAYMOND I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was i... ANNETTE BENING If we can find a way to enforce our laws and keep people from coming into our country illegally whil... RONNA MCDANIEL Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER But if we can manage it so people don't have things forced on them that they don't want, I t... K. ERIC DREXLER I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films,... RUPERT FRIEND I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer ... ELIZABETH WARREN People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you; they dismiss you. I think ... ZAHA HADID If you don't believe in winning, you don't believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way o... TOM LANDRY I didn't really understand what you did when you went in front of the camera. And then suddenly ... LARS MIKKELSEN I don't think the western world is questioning capitalism. Capitalism as a concept is not someth... KUMAR MANGALAM BIRLA What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL We think we have a responsibility. And I think it's important for all of us in the Western world... KEVIN ROLLINS I really don't like art where you need to know so much theory to understand. If the theory is re... MARINA ABRAMOVIC Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... If they're not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to... SOL HUROK I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism an... SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR I never had the slightest desire to have cosmetic surgery - partly because I don't want to look ... EMMANUELLE SEIGNER If you're trying to understand why it is that certain things happen in Sacramento and certain th... GAVIN NEWSOM Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that th... LANGHORNE SLIM The way you continue to be a successful business is you don't wait for the car to go off the cli... ROGER GOODELL In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff-and th... WALTER F. MONDALE We believe that the business system only is the key to success. It's no miracle, only day-to-day... ALEXEI MORDASHOV People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here ... RUPAUL Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language t... LOU RAWLS You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that ar... SAFFRON BURROWS The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a v... STEVE JOBS I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you... CAITLYN JENNER I think people like to be thrilled and excited. And a scary movie is a safe way to do that because y... KERI RUSSELL Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light. GINA GREENLEE I never understood the idea that you're supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn... DIANE KEATON You're sort of programmed a certain way because of your environment. That's all you know. Bu... JOE ROGAN Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in... SIGOURNEY WEAVER If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the ... EDDIE OBENG Flaws make us all human, and you're rooting for characters because of those flaws. It's agel... LYNN SHELTON You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's imm... ROMAN POLANSKI The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don'... KEITH STANFIELD I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don'... KEITH STANFIELD
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