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“People will envy you to the extent that you start out with a group of people and you rise up the organization faster than them. Get over what your peers are thinking about you because your peers are also your competitors.”

People Thinking Groups Organization Envy Faster Peers Get Over Competitors Thinking About You

Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer

“Isn't atheism just another religion?' No, it isn't. Atheism has no creeds, rituals, holy book, absolute moral code, origin myth, sacred spaces or shrines. It has no sin, divine judgment, forbidden words, prayer, worship, prophecy, group privileges, or anointed 'holy' leaders. Atheists don't believe in a transcendent world or supernatural afterlife. Most important, there is no orthodoxy in atheism.”

“I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.”

World Groups Rocks Type Band Jazz Heavy Take Me Metals Punk Music Love Punk Rock Rock Bands Heavy Metal World Music Metal Band

Author:Reggie Watts

“The best sketch shows are from a group of tight-knit people whove worked together for a really long time.”

People Long Shows Together Groups Long Time Really Long

Author:Scott Aukerman

“Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.”

Giving Political Certain Social Roles Groups Fashion Following Clubs Impression Belonging Social Groups

Author:Carine Roitfeld

“When I was 14, I almost had a big green leprechaun tattooed on my forearm. Thank God I didn't - it would have been a nightmare to cover up as an actor. I went with a group of mates and, being Irish, thought a leprechaun would be perfect.”

Has Beens Bigs Would Be Actors Perfect Groups Green Nightmare Mates Thank God Cover Ups Tattooed Being Irish Leprechaun

Author:Jonas Armstrong

“Much of what candidates have to do is raise money and appeal to constituencies or interest groups that can provide that money.”

Interest Groups Raises Appeals Candidates Interest Groups

Author:Robert Scheer

“If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed to change, committed to learn, then a spiritual assessment tool can work.”

People Ifs Real Together Spiritual Grows Vision Groups Tools Committed Discipleship Assessment

Author:Dallas Willard

“As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always played up against older age groups.”

Kids Age Wanted Player Groups Tennis Academy Tennis Player

Author:Matt Kuchar

“Many cults start off with high ideals that get corrupted by leaders or their board of advisors who become power-hungry and dominate and control members lives. No group with high ideals starts off as a cult; they become one when their errant ways are exposed.”

Way Leader Groups Members Ideals Hungry Boards Exposed Cult Advisors Power Hungry

Author:Philip Zimbardo

“When I was a young artist, I liked and was interested in belonging to the mainstream comics group. I didnt introduce myself as an author, but only as a designer.”

Young Artist Groups Designer Belonging Mainstream Introducing Young Artists

Author:David Mazzucchelli

“There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group.”

Want Groups Treats Tendencies

Author:William Julius Wilson

“During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor blacks.”

Hard Problem Poor Groups Effects African American Hard Times Great Depression Disadvantaged

Author:William Julius Wilson

“Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they're learning in school. In fact, they seem to enjoy the absence of adult supervision, and they are very confident of finding the right answer.”

Years Children Facts Shows Seems School Enjoy Answers Groups Materials Findings Capable Adults Absence Experiments Right Answers Supervision Answering Questions

Author:Sugata Mitra

“Islamophobia, in all its guises, seeks to minimise the importance of the individual and maximise the importance of the group. Yet our instinctive stance ought to be one of suspicion towards such endeavours. For individuals are undeniably real. Groups, on the other hand, are assertions of opinion.”

Real Hands Individual Opinion Groups Ought Importance Suspicion Assertion Endeavour Stance Guise Islamophobia

Author:Mohsin Hamid

“When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of me. I made up my mind to take my work to the actual reading public.”

Ifs Mind Made Wanted Reading Left Groups Fronts Approved Iowa

Author:Daniel Woodrell

“There are some people that aren't into all the words. There are some people who would have you not use certain words. Yeah, there are 400,000 words in the English language, and there are seven of them that you can't say on television. What a ratio that is. 399,993 to seven. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous, to be separated from a group that large. All of you over here, you seven. Bad words. That's what they told us they were, remember? 'That's a bad word.' You know bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions.”

People Use Remember Certain Language Groups Television Yeah Intention Seven English Language Outrageous Ratios Bad Word Bad Thoughts Bad Intentions

Author:George Carlin

“Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and petrochemical products.”

Littles Use Energy Economy Groups Modern Products Depends Appreciation Fuel Display Fossils Fossil Fuel Burning Fossil Fuels

Author:Robert Higgs

“Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, Id be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that thats the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because Ive always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd.”

Trying I Can Would Be Wanted Enemy Roles Records Groups Decided Crowds Rap Hype Back In The Day Mics Public Enemies

Author:Flavor Flav

“Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists classify the group as a subspecies.”

Groups Males Mysterious Homo Sapiens Mammals Anthropologists

Author:Patricia Marx

“The point of my work is to show that culture and education arent simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the affirmation of differences between groups and social classes and in the reproduction of those differences.”

Important Shows Culture Social Differences Class Groups Influence Minors Hobbies Affirmation Reproduction Social Class Culture And Education

Author:Pierre Bourdieu

“I've always loved groups like U2 and Coldplay.”

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Author:Richard Marx

“I dont want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.”

Want Groups Twenties Sixty Holding On

Author:Zainab Salbi

“John Kerry made a joke about Bush being a moron, and now Bush wants morons to think it was a joke was about the troops. ... Now, John Kerry has apologized. He said he made a botched joke and admitted that he has a joking problem. He has checked into an improv group and revealed that as a child, he was molested by a clown.”

Thinking Want Children Made Said Problem Groups Jokes Troops Clown Moron John Kerry

Author:Bill Maher

“John Kerry described his Republican critics as 'the most crooked, lying group I've ever seen.' Now, that's saying something, because Kerry's both a lawyer and a politician.”

Lying Groups Politician Republican Critics Lawyer Crooked John Kerry

Author:Jay Leno

“This extraordinary group has absolutely captivated my imagination, knocked my socks off - what more can I say?”

Imagination Groups Extraordinary My Imagination Sock Captivated

Author:Michael Tilson Thomas

“Some Jews and Muslims accuse Christians of being idolatrous for believing in the Trinity. My response to both groups is that they fundamentally misunderstand the Christian understanding of the Trinity.”

Believe Christian Understanding Groups Response Jew Trinity

Author:Miroslav Volf

“Maitake mushrooms are known in Japan as “the dancing mushroom.” According to a Japanese legend, a group of Buddhist nuns and woodcutters met on a mountain trail, where they discovered a fruiting of maitake mushrooms emerging from the forest floor. Rejoicing at their discovery of this delicious mushroom, they danced to celebrate.”

Known Groups Mets Mountain Discovery Dancing Forests Celebrate Buddhist Japan Legends Rejoice Delicious Trails Emerging Nun Mushrooms

Author:Paul Stamets

“Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic.”

People Knows Feels Games Fun Challenges Groups Epic Developers Large Groups Fired Up

Author:Jane McGonigal

“There are all kinds of under-represented groups in the literary establishment.”

Kind Groups All Kinds Establishment

Author:Janette Turner Hospital

“Herman Cain told a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters to go home, get a job, and get a life. That's the Republican version of hope and change, ladies and gentlemen.”

Home Jobs Groups Streets Wall Republican Versions Gentleman Cain Ladies And Gentlemen Occupy Wall Street Hope And Change

Author:Jay Leno

“Everyone has something they want, but BEAST moves together as a group.”

Want Together Moving Groups Beast

Author:Yoseob

“Attacks on alternative religious groups are attempts to psychologize - to medicalize - a controversy that, on deeper examination, is clearly a controversy over ideology and lifestyle.”

Religious Groups Deeper Lifestyle Ideology Alternatives Controversy Examination

Author:James R. Lewis

“Working together in concert more smoothly not only helps us move more quickly; it changes the nature of what we can undertake. When we have the confidence that we can orchestrate the group effort required to realize them, we dare bigger dreams.”

Helping Dream Together Moving Realizing Effort Groups Bigger Dare Working Together Concerts Group Effort Bigger Dreams

Author:Justin Rosenstein

“I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it wont be successful.”

Thinking Sports Successful Groups Activity Being Successful

Author:John Wooden

“No one would stand for it [being the fool in the media] in a minute if you took any other group -Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, women - but somehow it's okay to do that with hillbillies.”

Ifs Groups Minutes Media Fool Okay African American Native Native American

Author:John Shelton Reed

“You want to stay alive in a zombie swarm? You go alone or in a small group, where everyone is of similar physical condition and weapons training. You never stop, you never hesitate, and you never show any mercy for the people that would slow you down.That is what the military says we should do, and if I ever meet anybody who listens to that particular set of commands, I may shoot them myself just to improve the gene pool. When you can help people stay alive, you help them. We're all we've got.”

People Ifs Want Should May Helping Shows Alive Groups Conditions Military Particular Weapons Training Mercy Command Pool Genes Zombie Staying Alive Small Groups Swarms

Author:Mira Grant

“I like the idea of a love story between men. There is a great affection between men, which exists much more in ethnic groups: Latin, Italian, Jewish.”

Men Ideas Stories Groups Affection Love Story Latin Italian Ethnic Groups

Author:Arne Glimcher

“I felt like an alien. I always felt like I never belonged to any group that I wanted to belong to.”

Wanted Felt Groups Aliens

Author:Steven Spielberg

“I do not see the E.E.C. [European Economic Community] as a great love affair. It's more like nine middle aged couples with failing marriages meeting at a Brussels hotel for a group grope.”

Home Community Failing Groups Economic Middle Couple Travel Meetings Affair Nine Hotel Middle Ages Great Love Love Affair Middle Aged Brussels

Author:Kenneth Tynan

“The last couple years they've been good, but it's just a great group of guys, and they were willing to take the vision that we gave them in the beginning of the season, and we started off really well, which I think helped. But as I mentioned, Andre's sacrifice, David Lee's sacrifice, their willingness to accept roles and keep pushing really was the key to the whole thing.”

Thinking Years Wells Whole Lasts Guy Accepting Vision Roles Sacrifice Groups Willing Keys Couple Seasons Pushing Willingness Championship Nba Championships

Author:Steve Kerr

“I'm just thrilled for so many people. Our players, mostly, but the people in our organization - Rick Welts, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber and the whole group. It's just a phenomenal group of people. I think as a coach you just appreciate kind of the big picture a little bit more.”

People Thinking Kind Littles Whole Bigs Bits Player Groups Little Bit Appreciate Organization Coaches Peter Championship Phenomenal Big Picture Nba Championships

Author:Steve Kerr

“It is generally not known in the world that, in the years preceding 1916, there was a concerted effort made to eliminate all the Armenian people, probably one of the greatest tragedies that ever befell any group. And there weren't any Nuremberg trials.”

People World Years Made Effort Known Groups Tragedy Trials Genocide Armenians Armenia Armenian Genocide Nuremberg Nuremberg Trials

Book:Jimmy Carter

Source: Jimmy Carter

“The jovial party broke up next morning. Breakings-up are capital things in our school-days, but in after life they are painful enough. Death, self-interest, and fortune's changes, are every day breaking up many a happy group, and scattering them far and wide; and the boys and girls never come back again.”

Source: The Pickwick Papers: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

“When a philosopher, scientist, or psychologist discusses the discrepancy between the actual and the ideal, he or she attempts to convince us with the tools of discursive thought ... An artist does it differently ... their primary approach is different, even though both groups, if you will, are investigating the actual, the ideal, and the discrepancy in between.”

“Nothing causes more consternation in a group of hypocrits than one honest man.”

Men Causes Groups Honest Honest Man Hypocrit Consternation

Author:Albert Einstein

“Congress will be tempted to wipe their hands of this, go to the Election Day and say 'we've done our part' and that's where groups like ours, Concerned Veterans for America, veterans across the country have to keep the heat on them to say this is just the start. VA is not fixed.”

Country Done Hands America Groups Concerned Election Congress Fixed Heat Veteran Tempted Wipe Election Day

Author:Pete Hegseth

“Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader questions about the integration of minority and immigrant groups along the way. This is an important work and a joy to read.”

“I feel I'm doing God's work switching people from group plans to individual insurance.”

People Feels Individual Plans Groups Switching

Author:Paul Zane Pilzer

“Magicians are typically introverted; they don't tend to work with others, but I work with software programmers, composers, designers, so it's a very diverse group and the result is always more interesting than something I could have done by myself.”

Done Interesting Results Groups Designer Software Composer Diverse Magician Programmers Introverted

Author:Marco Tempest

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