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Exception Quote by Tom Peters

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“The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.”

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The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices.

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Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch.

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Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct.

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A good collection is more than just the sum of its parts.

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Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.

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Hire disrespectful people.

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Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark.

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I've always believed that humans are good at heart. But there's always the exception.

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Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and…

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I really can't live without my In-N-Out burgers. Honestly, I can't. Even when I'm doing the whole no-carb thing occasionally, I make an exception…

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Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "…

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No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the conviction that different parts…

Herbert Spencer

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But Margaret went less abroad, among machinery and men; saw less of power in its public effect, and, as it happened, she was thrown…

Elizabeth Gaskell

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My Chinese zodiac is a dog. But I'm an exception because of how much I love cats.

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I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something].

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Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception.

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I have no admiration for culture. I have no reserve knowledge, no provisional knowledge. And everything that I learn, I learn for a particular…

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I have become convinced, through my studies, that the only way to achieve a safe, just and viable world is to live by the…

Karen Armstrong

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I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the…

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