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There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness. ↗

— Michael Porter

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

— Michael Porter

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

— Michael Porter

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He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over. ↗

— Beilby Porteus

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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

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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

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Do you agree with me that we can't afford four more years of Barack Obama? ↗

— Rob Portman

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Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama? ↗

— Rob Portman

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I think what people are looking for right now is not the kind of pizzazz and pop that perhaps we thought we got in 2008. Certainly, President Obama offered that. What they want now is someone who can work closely with Congress and get things done. ↗

— Rob Portman

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I told my staff that I'm so boring that I didn't even know I was boring. ↗

— Rob Portman

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