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Chip R. Bell
"Giving advice is like playing pinball: only by pushing and pulling can you encourage the ball to go in a new direction and increase your score. But too much pushing and pulling can cause a tilt and stop the game." --
Source : Chip R. Bell (2002). “Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning”, p.96, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Chip R. Bell
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“When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something. 'Wet' is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin'.”
“The Word of God tells us of the day when tears shall be gone forever. Until we come to that day, we move through this world in the midst of tears.”
“I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.”
“There is a vast deal of make-believe in the carefully nurtured sentiment for country life, and the barefoot boy, and the mountain girl.”
“I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community that people don't realize.”
“There is another point that I think is as important: You should expect the unexpected in this business; expect the extreme. Don’t think in terms of boundaries that limit what the market might do. If there is any lesson I have learned in the nearly twenty years that I’ve been in this business, it is that the unexpected and the impossible happen every now and then”
“It is possible to begin again. It is hard, and we never do it perfectly, but it can be done.”
Source : Andrew M. Greeley (1993). “Love Affair: A Prayer Journal”, Crossroad
“There is an almost universal tendency, perhaps an inborn tendency, to suspect the good faith of a man who holds opinions that differ from our own opinions. … It obviously endangers the freedom and the objectivity of our discussion if we attack a person instead of attacking an opinion or, more precisely, a theory.”
