Month: May 2006
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Innovation
Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.Steve Jobs
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Blonde at the Casino
Two bored casino dealers are waiting at the crap table. A very attractive blonde woman from south Alabama arrived and bet twenty-thousand dollars ($20,000) on a single roll of the dice.She said, “I hope you don’t mind, but I feel much luckier when I play topless.” With that, she stripped to the waist, rolled the…
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Casting light on dark spaces
Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.Justice Louis Brandeis
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Academy Award Performance by a Testifying Policeman
If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman.He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman’s credibility….Q: “Officer — did you see my client fleeing the scene?”A: “No sir. But I subsequently observed a…
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Admitting your mistakes
No matter how far you’ve gone down the wrong road, turn back.Turkish proverb