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- Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an unknowable debt… — Martin Amis
- When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those… — Gary Lineker
- I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires — Todd Barry
- Protecting underperformers always backfires. — Jack Welch
- I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
- Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need… — Albert Einstein
- I think a strict vegetarian diet acts as a good cleansing program for people who come from a diet heavy in animal… — Ann Louise Gittleman
- Our intentions attract the elements and forces, the events, the situation, the circumstances and the relationships necessary to fulfill the intended outcome.… — Deepak Chopra
- It is very difficult to know exactly what good should come out of a particular situation. To attempt to manipulate circumstances so… — Neem Karoli Baba
- It's sort of the mixed blessing of being on television for so long in one thing; sometimes that backfires, in that you're… — Katey Sagal
- My publishers are wonderful because they have let me write what I wanted to. They're wise enough to know that, with any… — Elizabeth Kostova
- Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires. — Rob Zombie