"I grew up in a highly political home.……" — Noreena Hertz
"I grew up in a highly political home. My mother was the co-chair of the 300 Group, an organisation whose aim was to get more women MPs into parliament, and she herself stood in the 1987 election, the year before she died."
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43 Quotes by Noreena Hertz
Noreena Hertz has 43 quotes on this site.
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Terrorism and trade cannot be the only issues on which the world unites. We must commit ourselves to a global…
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All company bosses want a policy on corporate social responsibility. The positive effect is hard to quantify, but the negative…
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Transparency, accountability and sustainability have become the slogans of the market leaders. Companies carry out environmental and social audits to…
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With consumers having ever more choice, corporations must invest more and more in courting public opinion.
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Consumers, unlike voters, expect an immediate response to their concerns; and companies, unlike governments, do not have the luxury of…
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In an age that is sometimes nowadays frightening or confusing, we feel reassured by the almost parental-like authority of experts…
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What my research has shown me is that experts tend on the whole to form very rigid camps; that within…
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Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference.
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Experience is not the poor relation of expertise. Valuable insights in business often come from the people on the ground.
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I have problems with this very extreme form of capitalism where the pendulum has swung so far in one direction,…
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My parents were entrepreneurs. I grew up believing in the power of innovation.
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Stress makes us prone to tunnel vision, less likely to take in the information we need. Anxiety makes us more…
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
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