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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - February 20, 2026
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975)  
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For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
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Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)  
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
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Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)  
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If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.
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John Cage (1912 - 1992)  
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