Charles Wheelan quotes
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“Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives.”
-- Charles WheelanSource : Charles Wheelan (2012). “10 1⁄2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said”, p.67, W. W. Norton & Company
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“A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives.”
-- Charles WheelanSource : Charles Wheelan (2010). “Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)”, p.28, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Change is inevitable; but progress depends on what we do with that change.”
-- Charles WheelanSource : Charles Wheelan (2012). “10 1⁄2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said”, p.112, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Economics is like gravity: Ignore it and you will be in for some rude surprises.”
-- Charles WheelanSource : Charles Wheelan (2010). “Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)”, p.22, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Being great involves luck, and unique circumstances, and a lot of other forces beyond your control. You can’t just make it happen by working more or trying harder. There is an irony here, of course. The less you think about being great, the more likely it is to happen. And if it doesn’t, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being solid.”
-- Charles Wheelan
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“Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.”
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“I think a biography is only as interesting as the lives and times it illuminates.”
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“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”
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“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”
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