It is easy to overlook the absence of appreciable advance in an industry. Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed.
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The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.John Kenneth Galbraith
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Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.
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Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.
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Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.
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By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man.
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