Outcomes Quotes - Page 36

• Every American may have equal access to ice cream, but there's no guarantee that the outcome of eating ice cream will be equal.

  Dan Savage

  Ice Cream, Guarantees That, May

  Dan Savage (2003). “Skipping Towards Gomorrah”, p.125, Penguin

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• Yet, here we are, long and difficult years into that conflict," ... "we still have not created the state we promised them. On the contrary, our costly and valiant efforts have produced an outcome our government did not predict or intend-a failed state spinning out of control into anarchy and civil war.

  Anthony Zinni

  War, Government, Years

  "The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose" by Anthony Zinni and Tony Koltz, p. 227-228, March, 2006.

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• We have rigged the latest election. 93.5 per cent have voted for Lukashenko. But they say it is not a European outcome. We have made it 86 per cent.

  Alexander Lukashenko

  Election, Made, Cents

  Press conference for Ukrainian journalists, November 2006.

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• Questions are far more effective than defensive statements. They do not imply agreement, but they do convey interest and a desire to understand and facilitate an environment for peak performance, a central thread of effective leadership.... The next time someone accuses you of virtually anything, ask some questions. Resolving the situation may take more time, but the outcome will likely be more productive for both of you.

  Stephen Young

  Agreement, Desire, May

  Stephen Young (2006). “Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words: Why Leadership is Great Beyond Words”, p.17, McGraw Hill Professional

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• There is a deep connection between Bernoulli's dictum and John Kelly's 1956 publication. It turns out that Kelly's prescription can be restated as this simple rule: When faced with a choice of wagers or investments, choose the one with the highest geometric means of outcomes.

  William Poundstone

  Mean, Simple, Choices

  "Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street". Book by William Poundstone, 2005.

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• The danger which threatens us comes from Labour...Those who think that the Conservative or Unionist Party, standing as such and disavowing its Liberal allies, could return with a working majority are living in a fools paradise and, if they persist, may easily involve themselves and the country in dangers the outcome of which it is hard to predict.

  Austen Chamberlain

  Country, Party, Thinking

  "The Impact of Labour, 1920-1924: The Beginnings of Modern British Politics" by Maurice Cowling, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (p. 181), 1971.

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• You can think of my films as cautionary tales, but you might even think of them as despairing tales, because at least in a cautionary tale, you have this idea that by listening to the story you can assure a better outcome. Whereas I'm not at all convinced that's the case. In fact, if anything, I'm convinced that it's the opposite.

  Errol Morris

  Thinking, Opposites, Ideas

  "The Eleven-Minute Psychiatrist". Interview with James Hughes, Stop Smiling Magazine, www.errolmorris.com. March 2006.

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• Those who think through possible outcomes with discipline, forge connections, in so doing, to other cosmi in which those outcomes are more than mere possibilities. Such a consciousness is measurably, quantitatively different from one that has not undertaken the same work and so, yes, is able to make correct decisions in an Emergence where an untrained mind would be of little use.

  Neal Stephenson

  Thinking, Discipline, Decision

  Neal Stephenson (2010). “Anathem”, p.412, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Human memory, they say, is like a coat closet: The most enduring outcome of a formal education is that it creates rows of coat hooks so that later on, when you come upon a new piece of information, you have a hook to hang it on. Without a hook, the new information falls on the floor.

  Ursula Goodenough

  Memories, Fall, Coats

  Ursula Goodenough (2000). “The Sacred Depths of Nature”, p.21, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Great fit and synergism for both companies and excellent outcome for employees, customers and shareholders.

  Philippe Kahn

  Fit, Excellent, Employee

  "Borland Bought by Micro Focus for $75M" by Jennifer Pittman, www.santacruzsentinel.com. May 06, 2009.

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• In practice, a good deal of the outcomes produced by the market reflect nothing more than luck - good or bad.

  Robert Kuttner

  Practice, Luck, Deals

  Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.16, University of Pennsylvania Press

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• If you look across a host of measures at adoption studies, fraternal v. identical twin studies, twins-raised-apart studies, the history of early childhood intervention research, naturally-occurring experiments, differences between societies, changes over history, and so forth, you tend to come up with nature and nurture as being about equally important: maybe fifty-fifty. The glass is roughly half-full and half-empty.

  Steve Sailer

  Real, Differences, Glasses

  "A Short, Stylized Dialogue On Epigenetics". www.vdare.com. October 26, 2012.

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• Conservatives believe in equality of opportunity. Liberals believe in equality of outcome.

  Mike Rosen

  Believe, Opportunity, Equality Of Opportunity

  Rocky Mountain News column, March 31, 2000.

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• Life is full of chances -- and those times when we each trust our own guts and have a terrific outcome reaffirms our ability to make good decisions.

  Victoria Laurie

  Decision, Chance, Life Is

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• The avoidance of loss is the surest way to ensure a profitable outcome.

  Seth Klarman

  Loss, Way, Profitable

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• Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Knowing, Dies

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• The fans made a difference in the outcome of the game. It was one of those games that Florida really did have to beat the team on the field and in the stands.

  Gerry DiNardo

  Team, Florida, Lsu

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• To be honest, I don't necessarily think you have to be an actor to act. You don't have to be a musician to make great music. If it comes along and you put your all into it, the outcome is what's important.

  Andre Benjamin

  Thinking, Important, Musician

  Source: collider.com

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• Meritocracy is our social ideal, particularly among good liberals. Equality of opportunity, but not of outcome. Not evaluating people by their [outside] features, but by their innate talent and drive.

  Chris Hayes

  Opportunity, People, Talent

  "The age of illusion". Interview with Jake Blumgart, www.salon.com. June 30, 2012.

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• The proper way to make policy changes is for you to convince your fellow citizens that there is a better policy outcome than the current one. And then in state legislatures, for those state legislatures to vote that change.

  Ted Cruz

  Citizens, Way, Vote

  Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. June 29, 2015.

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• The world is undoubtedly going through great changes.  The only question is whether the outcome will be the good of Aryan humanity or profits for the Jew.  The task of the national state will, therefore, be to preserve the race and fit it to meet the final and great decisions on this globe by suitable education of its youth.

  Adolf Hitler

  Race, Decision, Humanity

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• When you dream, all the scenery, characters, events, perils, and outcomes are built from your own consciousness, the darks and oppressions as well as the delights. Same with the world awake, though it takes you longer to build it.

  Richard Bach

  Dream, Character, Events

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• A Marathon is not about running, it is about salvation. We spend so much of our lives doubting ourselves, thinking we're not good enough, not strong enough, not made of the right stuff. The Marathon is an opportunity for redemption. "Opportunity," because the outcome is uncertain. "Opportunity," because it is up to you, and only you, to make it happen; only you can turn your farfetched dream into a reality.

  Dean Karnazes

  Running, Dream, Strong

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• Three things a leader or manager should be thinking: What's happening? What's not happening? and What can I do to influence the outcome?

  John Baldoni

  Thinking, Leader, Three Things

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• Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the most low-resource settings. Dedication and innovation are transforming health care worldwide.

  Liya Kebede

  Baby, Dedication, People

  "Redefining “Impossible” When It Comes To Maternal Mortality" by Liya Kebede, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2010.

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