Oliver E. Williamson quotes
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“Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or otherwise confuse. This vastly complicates the problems of economic organisation. Plainly if it were not for opportunism all behaviour could be rule governed”
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“The study of economic organization commonly proceeds as though market and administrative modes of organization were disjunct. Market organization is the province of economists. Internal organization is the concern of organization theory specialist. And never the twain shall meet.”
-- Oliver E. Williamson
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“I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.”
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“I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.”
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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
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“In an effort to get the work of the Lord done we often lose contact with the Lord of work.”
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“So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts”
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Source : Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2000.
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