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• I may be the baby of the family, but that doesn't mean I don't get to boss people around.

  Tamar Braxton

  Baby, Mean, People

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• As soon as the boss decides he wants his workers to do something, he has two problems: making them do it and monitoring what they do.

  Robert Krulwich

  Two, Want, Problem

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• '9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.

  Dolly Parton

  Perfect, Musical, Strings

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• I don't think I'm supposed to boss other people around just because I'm a so-called celebrity or star. I hate that when people act that way. No one deserves it. I've seen it happen. I don't call those people out - they know who they are. Some enjoy that reputation.

  Dolly Parton

  Stars, Hate, Thinking

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• I am just here to support the President of the United States. President of the United States is our boss, but he is also... you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen, and when you don't it will usually bite you on the ass later on. So, I'm here to support the President.

  Chris Rock

  Mom, Country, Dad

  "Chris Rock: President Obama Is 'Our Boss' And A 'Dad'". www.realclearpolitics.com. February 06, 2013.

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• You have to get hurt. That's how you learn. The strongest people out there, the ones who laugh the hardest with a genuine smile, those are the people who have fought the toughest battles. Because they've decided that they're not going to let anything hold them down, they're showing the world who's boss. One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Hurt, People, Laughing

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• I feel very lucky to have served under some great bosses. The majority of them were men, but I have also had a few women. In many ways, I feel like media is pretty neutral when it comes to gender.

  Megan Alexander

  Men, Media, Majority

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• I have had bosses that were genuinely excited when I told them I was pregnant. I feel very blessed, but I also know I need to continue to do excellent work and stay organized.

  Megan Alexander

  Blessed, Excellent Work, Needs

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• One of the first things that you learn as a stand-up is, you're the boss. It's your stage, and don't screw with me because I'll make you look bad, which I had to do, because you wind up with drunks and loud people.

  Bob Newhart

  Wind, People, Comedian

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• Bill Paley is not only the greatest boss I ever had, but he's the most brilliant, honest and warm human being I've ever met. And I'll say that to his face - even if it costs me my job.

  Jack Benny

  Jobs, Cost, Bills

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• No matter the organization, the goal, or the mission, you've got to do it through people. It's been that way for me since my first command. I work to understand the people, their views and needs, and how tasks are being carried out.That interaction might cause me to modify my guidance or the way I delegate. It also affords me an opportunity to learn what goals people have and how as their boss I can facilitate their future in ways that not only help them, but also help the ship or the organization.

  Michael Mullen

  Opportunity, Organization, Views

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• You can lie to your wife or your boss, but you cannot lie to your typewriter. Sooner or later you must reveal your true self in your pages.

  Leon Uris

  Lying, Typewriters, Self

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• We get through life and this is part of the education process also. In real life, we meet bad bosses and good bosses and good friends and bad friends. I think we should let the teachers do their work and not impose too much stuff on them.

  Philippe Falardeau

  Teacher, Real, Bad Friend

  Source: collider.com

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• I've talked to biblical cats, and Neanderthals who been here since day one. No one here has even seen the Big Boss. Ever.

  Lenny Bruce

  Cat, Biblical, Neanderthals

  "The Lenny Bruce Interview, Jill Bourque’s How We First Met and Stage Time With Steven Alan Green". jewishjournal.com. April 7, 2013.

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• Once the country was settled and built, the bosses changed the order from a stack of educated workers to a barrel of minimum wage lottery dreamers.

  Lenny Bruce

  Country, Order, Dreamer

  "The Lenny Bruce Interview, Jill Bourque’s How We First Met and Stage Time With Steven Alan Green". jewishjournal.com. April 7, 2013.

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• You got a million drug laws now because the bosses figured there was more money in putting people in jail than taxing something anyone can grow on a window sill.

  Lenny Bruce

  Law, Jail, People

  Interview with Steven Alan Green, jewishjournal.com. April 7, 2013.

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• Freedom of speech is a two way street, man. You have the right to say whatever you want and the Boss has a right to tell the police to arrest you.

  Lenny Bruce

  Men, Two, Police

  "The Lenny Bruce Interview, Jill Bourque’s How We First Met and Stage Time With Steven Alan Green". jewishjournal.com. April 7, 2013.

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• A boss should be respectful of everybody. He should still make sure everybody knows that he is the boss, without having to say it 24/7, but by him approaching you in a way that led you to know that you mean something to the company.

  Kevin Clash

  Mean, Way, Respectful

  Source: collider.com

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• The boss says that games in hand are no good unless you turn them into points. What he's getting at is that games in hand aren't much good unless you turn them into points.

  David Platt

  Hands, Games, Turns

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• Anybody who really knows about the TV business knows that it would be impossible to just march in one day and say to your colleagues and bosses, 'Oh yes, I'm hosting my own show.'

  Andy Cohen

  One Day, Would Be, Tvs

  "‘Most Talkative’: Andy Cohen Dishes On ‘Housewives’ Success, Failures". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2012.

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• Your goal, in other words, should be to make your bosses smarter, your team more effective, and the whole company more competitive because of your energy, creativity, and insights.

  Jack Welch

  Team, Creativity, Goal

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• We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.

  John F. Kennedy

  People, Political, Demand

  John F. Kennedy (1963). “Profiles in Courage”

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• I hated my last boss. He asked, Why are you two hours late? I said, I fell downstairs. He said, That doesn't take two hours.

  Johnny Carson

  Two, Lasts, Hours

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• I don't want to be my own boss. I want to be my own colleague.

  Demetri Martin

  Want, Colleagues, My Own

  Twitter post from Dec 09, 2012

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• We live in a society in the West, where, when men do violent things, they do them under orders. They are soldiers carrying out orders or mafia men carrying out killings for bosses. But the way things happen in the Middle East is not the same as in the West.

  Robert Fisk

  Men, Order, Soldier

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. November 30, 2001.

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