"Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people who are working on [change] find that very difficult: They've been schooled into thinking you have to come up with the perfect plan in advance. It has become a bit technocratic."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Duncan Green

#Thinking Quotes #Feet Quotes #Perfect Quotes

“Home-based businesses are one of the fastest-growing segments in our economy, and that trend will only continue, as the age of the corporation, which began barely a century ago, now gives way to the age of the entrepreneur.”

Source : "Crisis or Opportunity – Your Business Magazine". www.paulzanepilzer.com. July 2006.
“The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative - things like the queuing system for Netflix, which was patented in 2003. Yes, it makes renting movies a snap, but was it really a breakthrough deserving patent protection?”
“He that sleeps feels not the tooth-ache”
“I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative ways. We kind of forget all the beautiful things that they contribute to make this country a country.”
“Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram - the vanguard of our cream”
“Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals.”
“Your aspirations are your possibilities.”
“I'm trying to be like, "Hey, dude, you're super happy, this is everything you've ever dreamed of - if you don't have somebody to hold hands with right now, everything's going to be OK, bro."”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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