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• The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or a product of the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants or the concierge. Yes, he existed in flesh and blood, although he assumed the complete appearance of a real phantom; that is to say, of a spectral shade.

  Gaston Leroux

  Mother, Real, Artist

  Gaston Leroux (2016). “THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Mystery & Horror Series): Gothic Classic Based on True Events at the Paris Opera”, p.4, e-artnow

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• The manager once called me the 'best freak' in his stable, and, sad as it sounds, I took pride in that. When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.

  Mitch Albom

  Pride, Sound, Stones

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• I was going to say he's aimless," the witch replied. "I know he's a bit old to be old to living at home with his mom, but he's had a difficult time holding a job. He's worked at Wendy's, Taco Bell, and Burger King, but it all ends the same way- he challenges his manager to combat, takes over the restaurant, and enslaves his coworkers. Then it's back to video games." - Morgan le Fay

  Michael Buckley

  Mom, Kings, Jobs

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• Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting himself as a born again Christian. That sparked a little light in the minds of political campaign managers: Pretend to be a religious fanatic and you can pick up a third of the vote right away. Nobody asked whether Lyndon Johnson went to church every day. Bill Clinton is probably about as religious as I am, meaning zero, but his managers made a point of making sure that every Sunday morning he was in the Baptist church singing hymns.

  Noam Chomsky

  Christian, Religious, Atheist

  "The United States Has Essentially a One-Party System". Interview with Gabor Steingart, www.spiegel.de. October 10, 2008.

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• ...We have seven people who knew the skewers were there: the wedding planner, the reception hall manager, the dressmaker, the florist, the veil-maker, the cake-maker, and the caterer. I haven't ruled out the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker, either.

  Linda Howard

  Cake, People, Veils

  Linda Howard (2010). “Veil of Night: A Novel”, p.139, Ballantine Books

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• To stay vigorous, a company needs to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for all these types: the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the professional manager, and the leader. If it doesn't, it risks becoming yet another mediocre corporation.

  Howard Schultz

  Entrepreneur, Leader, Challenges

  Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”

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• I suppose it is submerged realities that give to dreams their curious air of hyper-reality. But perhaps there is something else as well, something nebulous, gauze-like, through which everything one sees in a dream seems, paradoxically, much clearer. A pond becomes a lake, a breeze becomes a storm, a handful of dust is a desert, a grain of sulphur in the blood is a volcanic inferno. What manner of theater is it, in which we are at once playwright, actor, stage manager, scene painter and audience?

  W. G. Sebald

  Dream, Reality, Lakes

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• The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive—and autonomy can be the antidote.”   TOM KELLEY General Manager, IDEO

  Daniel H. Pink

  Running, Business, Ideas

  Daniel H. Pink (2010). “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”, p.90, Canongate Books

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• How?" I demanded. "How could you have screwed this one up?" "When I got in, they said the manager was on the phone and would be a few minutes. So, I sat down and ordered a drink." This time, I did lean my forehead against the steering wheel. "What did you order?" "A martini." "A martini." I lifted my head. "You ordered a martini before a job interview." "It's a bar, Sage. I figured they'd be cool with it.

  Richelle Mead

  Jobs, Phones, Order

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• Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Encouraging, People

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 29, 2014

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• Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and play each ones part until the manager walks them off the stage?

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Play, Actors, Criminal Mind

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• Above all else, be true to your heart. When you marry, whether it be a marquis or an estate manager (or both!), it will be for life. You must go where your heart leads and never forget that love is the most precious gift of all. Money and social status are poor substitutes for a warm, tender embrace, and there is little in life more fulfilling than the joy of loving and knowledge that you are loved in return.

  Julia Quinn

  Heart, Love Is, Joy

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• Remember the Golden Rule? "Treat people as you would like to be treated." The best managers break the Golden Rule every day. They would say don't treat people as you would like to be treated. This presupposes that everyone breathes the same psychological oxygen as you. For example, if you are competitive, everyone must be similarly competitive. If you like to be praised in public, everyone else must, too. Everyone must share your hatred of micromanagement.

  Marcus Buckingham

  Oxygen, People, Hatred

  Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman (2014). “First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• Dear A & M, I talked to the manager of the Beauty Bar because I definitely saw you guys getting married against a hot pink backdrop, but he doesn't think we can fit more than fifty people inside and I'm thinking three hundred. How would you feel about getting married in the park? It might get cold, but you could ride a horse-drawn carriage to the ceremony. How do you feel about matching wedding crowns? -Isabelle

  Cassandra Clare

  Horse, Thinking, People

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• You know, Taylor, I told his manager that your reputation in this firm is that you can go head-to-head with any man. And win.

  Julie James

  Winning, Men, Reputation

  Julie James (2008). “Just the Sexiest Man Alive”, p.10, Penguin

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• They all attended Hester's church, which Dellarobia viewed as a complicated pyramid scheme of moral debt and credit resting ultimately on the shoulders of the Lord, but rife with middle managers.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Pyramids, Pyramid Schemes, Church

  Barbara Kingsolver (2012). “Flight Behaviour”, p.21, Faber & Faber

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• I say, 'Get me some poets as managers.' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way that makes the reader understand how that world runs. Poets, those unheralded systems thinkers, are our true digital thinkers. It is from their midst that I believe we will draw tomorrow's new business leaders." --Sidney Harman, CEO Multimillionaire of a stereo components company

  Daniel H. Pink

  Running, Believe, Expression

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• For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.

  Larry Eisenberg

  Inspirational, Motivational, Peace

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• There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the nondigital world

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Business, Technology, Looks

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• I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure there is no discrepancy between what we say and what we do. If you preach accountability and then promote somebody with bad results, it doesn't work. I personally believe the best training is management by example. Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Leadership, Believe, Thinking

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• I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged. We call it discharged because there was no question I had to leave.

  Casey Stengel

  Baseball, Cities, League

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• Why would you want to stay manager and be second-guessed by me when you can come up into the front-office and be one of the second-guessers?

  George Steinbrenner

  Baseball, Office, Want

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• Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.

  Earl Weaver

  Baseball, Good Man, Way

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• There's an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.

  Peter Drucker

  Retirement, Jobs, Business

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• If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

  Lee Iacocca

  Education, Business, Procrastination

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