#bi

If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems. ↗

— Michael Porter

#become #big #fast #goal #grow

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money. ↗

— Michael Porter

#behind #billions #business #decades #ineffective

The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity. ↗

— Michael Porter

#change #constantly #continuity #easier #effectively

I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#classic #different #different sense #else #grew

I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#definitely #different #hard #i #kid

Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star. ↗

— Zac Posen

#become #confidence #everybody #give #heard

I'm not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected. ↗

— James Purefoy

#big fan #fan #i #like #patterns

My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened. ↗

— Rob Portman

#across #aisle #barack #barack obama #big

I once made love to a taco shell stuffed with rancid meat and watery tomato bits. It was the best sex I’ve ever served to an unsuspecting customer. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #customer #dining #food #funny

The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. ↗

— Rob Portman

#code #interesting #longer #nearly #nine