Nadia Abu El Haj quotes

A Machine to Make a Future is an insightful and creative contribution to the literature--both scholarly and journalistic--on contemporary genomics. By 'experimenting' with narrative genre, the authors hope to generate different insights into the world of genomics and biotechnology than ones generally presented in existing accounts. They succeed at that goal, providing an account that is ethnographically rich and analytically open to a world whose structure, implications, and outcomes are very much in the making.
-- Nadia Abu El Haj

#Goal #Creative #Insightful

India must achieve the real goal?that is energy independence or an economy which will function well within total freedom from oil, gas or coal imports.

One of the goals of education should be to teach that life is precious.

Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland: Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.

Fear is a killer, when it comes to the creative process.

There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the creative process.

If you can predict the rate at which you create (or create and grow) qualified pipeline, and you know your average close rate(s), then you can start predicting your revenue.

Greed is permanent slavery

You must lose everything in order to gain anything.

The results speak for themselves: Businesses that competitively sourced service contracts saved an average of about 22 percent. Even more impressive - nearly every e-auction delivered cost savings.

The reasons why executives are scared of social selling are well documented. That being said, there are some hugely successful global business leaders using social selling tactics incredibly well - some of which even admit they could not operate without it!