The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for knowledge in the general population. On the contrary, the increasingly complex processes tend to lead to increasingly simple and easily understood products. The genius of mass production is precisely in its making more products more accessible, both economically and intellectually to more people.
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When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.
When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.
Sell cheap and tell the truth.
Sell cheap and tell the truth.
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Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.
I've got a living to make, to put it plainly; there's more money in shocking and terrifying than in edifying.
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Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.
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A computer will not make a good manager out of a bad manager. It makes a good manager better faster and a bad manager worse faster.
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