"In Shakespeare, keep it simple. Don't over-inflect. The speech needs to be naturalistic and simple and accessible as much as possible."

“Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.”

Source : Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, Michael Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (2015). “Leadership, Strategy, and Innovation: Health Care Collection (8 Items)”, p.1700, Harvard Business Review Press

“Big dreams are risky business. The psyche can be fiendish, puckish, exalted, imperious, tender, sardonic, faithful, pestilential--whatever rivets our attention upon the task of psychic growth. It is not so hard to find at least a little sympathy for theologian Martin Luther, who prayed to God not to send him any dreams at all, fearful he could not distinguish between those of divine origin and those sent by the Devil.”

“I hazard the guess that man will be ultimately known for a mere polity of multifarious, incongruous, and independent denizens.”

“There are still days you can catch me tape recording eternal silence and playing it backwards for an empty room”

“I never imagined anyone like you, Blaire. But every time I think about forever with you, I’m humbled that you chose me.”

“I rushed us out of your parents' house because I didn't think I could manage two hours at the dinner table with everyone focused on Joe Loosey's joystick sitting in the refrigerator next to the applesauce.”

“But the bottom line is, no matter what, even if I shoot 90 tomorrow, I'm going to enjoy it. Maybe people will say "Oh, he blew it" or whatever. Maybe I'm going to blow it, it's the first time I've ever been there. What do you expect? You know I'm not number one in the world. My knees are going to touch each other on the first tee tomorrow. But let me tell you, I'm going to enjoy it.”

“Even the art of quoting is a conservative art most of the time, in order to propel the same ideas and the same self-congratulatory importance.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net