"Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many 'objective' features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize variables, insert vestiges of orderliness, and literally create their own constraints."

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Source : "Social Psychology of Organizing". Book by Karl E. Weick, p. 243, 1979.

Karl E. Weick

#People Quotes #Variables Quotes #Orderliness Quotes

“I'm pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. I'll act goofy at times around my wife and my son, around my own family. I like to have fun in general.”

Source : Interview with Marc J. Spears, www.denverpost.com. March 24, 2007.
“I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.”
“I like in books when we start the book and you really don't know how it's going to turn out.”
“To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate”
“There are five possible operations for any army. If you can fight, fight; if you cannot fight, defend; if you cannot defend, flee; if you cannot flee, surrender; if you cannot surrender, die.”
“The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in front of you.”
“Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game.”
“It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy.”

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