Ben Horowitz You have to be responsible when you’re running an organization, and firing people who are your friends is part of that responsibility. – Ben Horowitz Firing Quotes Friends Quotes Organization Quotes People Quotes Responsibility Quotes Responsible Quotes Running Quotes As a company gets big, the information that informs decision-making gets massive. Depending upon the prism through which you view the business, your perspective will vary. If two people are in charge, this variance will cause conflict and delay. You read these management books that say, ‘These are the hard things about running a company.’ But those aren’t really the hard things. The hard things are when you have to layoff half your company, or you have to fire your best friend. Or you have to figure out a way not to go bankrupt.
Christian Kane I don’t know if I could write songs if it wasn’t for the female race, to be honest with you. – Christian Kane
Jarrett J KrosoczkaSad It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell. – Jarrett J Krosoczka
Ethan Zuckerman The benefits and consequences of globalization have a great deal to do with whether we’re intelligent and thoughtful about how we approach globalization, or whether we’re blindly accepting… or blindly resistant. – Ethan Zuckerman
AgeMargaret MeadReligion Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful. – Margaret Mead
Natsuo Kirino I don’t know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal. – Natsuo Kirino
Esme Young What we’re always looking for in students is who they are, and I think that’s something that happens on the ‘Sewing Bee.’ – Esme Young
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