"I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door."

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Source : "John Patrick Shanley On Dogma And 'Doubt'". Interview with Steve Inskeep, Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. December 12, 2008.

John Patrick Shanley

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“The decision-makers should communicate the customer pictures and the logic of the strategies and actions. That communication allows employees throughout the organization to implement the strategies and actions, tweaking them appropriately in response to variations in the marketplace. It also allows employees to recognize information in the marketplace that contradicts the customer pictures, either because the pictures were not entirely correct or because customers have changed.”

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“I hate the way war is seen as something inherently brutal and ugly. Yes, much of war brings out the worst part of our [people's] nature. But in war, all kinds of noble human traits have been developed, such as discipline, cohesion, pride.”
“[Speaking to a group of wealthy New Yorkers] A million years ago, the cave man, without tools, with small brain, and with nothing but the strength of his body, managed to feed his wife and children, so that through him the race survived. You on the other hand, armed with all the modern means of production, multiplying the productive capacity of the cave man a million times â€” you are incompetents and muddlers, you are unable to secure to millions even the paltry amount of bread that would sustain their physical life. You have mismanaged the world, and it shall be taken from you.Â ”
“You should always speak your mind, and be bold, and be obnoxious, and do whatever you want and donâ€™t let anybody tell you to stop it.”
“And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal. That this analogy occurred to me should have been a warning.”
“A book with the genuine power to stir and comfort its readers.”
“A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.”
“I just sit down and the page just comes out and I look at it and the elements that appear on that page have a lot to do with what's going on in my life.”

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