Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.
As much as we think of performance management as numeric and thus perfectly quantifiable, it is as much a product of context and social science as the products we design and develop.
You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.
Both my parents were working in politics when I was growing up, so going on stage was not that great a leap.
I'm a big fan of all the great movie devils, from Walter Huston to Ray Walston to Al Pacino to Jack Nicholson.
When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.
I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.
Things happen. And good things happen, and bad things happen. And I'm a person - I'm a believer that everything happens for a reason.
It's always a good idea to chill your crab cake mixture for a few hours, or even overnight, before frying because they'll hold together better.
First you have to spread on the rust performer, then you add a coat of protective enamel, and then you spray on the satin finish so you look good.
Just because I'm undersized and under-this and under-that, I've still been a good football player since I was little.
The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.
I wanted to write a story about a future where everyone has a secret identity, in part because the Internet no longer exists.
I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.
Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
