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"“The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. They must discipline themselves NOT to act on problems their managers can solve, and NEVER to act on problems when they are explicitly reviewing status. I once knew a boss who invariably picked up the phone to give orders before the end of the first paragraph in a status report. That response is guaranteed to squelch full disclosure.”" — Jan 23, 2018 02:04PM
"“The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. They must discipline themselves NOT to act on problems their managers can solve, and NEVER to act on problems when they are explicitly reviewing status. I once knew a boss who invariably picked up the phone to give orders before the end of the first paragraph in a status report. That response is guaranteed to squelch full disclosure.”" — Jan 23, 2018 02:04PM
“It bothers you, doesn’t it?” Mia said suddenly. “I think you can’t imagine. Why anyone would choose a different life from the one you’ve got. Why anyone might want something other than a big house with a big lawn, a fancy car, a job in an office. Why anyone would choose anything different than what you’d choose.”
― Little Fires Everywhere
― Little Fires Everywhere
“How about other books, Mrs. McCullough? Any other books with Chinese characters?"
Mrs. McCullough bit her lip. "I haven't really looked for them," she admitted. "I hadn't thought about it."
"I can save you some time," said Ed Lim. "There really aren't very many. So May Ling has no dolls that look like her, and no books with pictures of people that look like her." Ed Lim paced a few more steps. Nearly two decades later, others would raise these questions, would talk about books as mirrors and windows, and Ed Lim, tired by then, would find himself as frustrated as he was grateful. We've always known, he would think; what took you so long?”
― Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. McCullough bit her lip. "I haven't really looked for them," she admitted. "I hadn't thought about it."
"I can save you some time," said Ed Lim. "There really aren't very many. So May Ling has no dolls that look like her, and no books with pictures of people that look like her." Ed Lim paced a few more steps. Nearly two decades later, others would raise these questions, would talk about books as mirrors and windows, and Ed Lim, tired by then, would find himself as frustrated as he was grateful. We've always known, he would think; what took you so long?”
― Little Fires Everywhere
“Nearly two decades later, others would raise this question, would talk about books as mirrors and windows, and Ed Lim, tired by then, would find himself as frustrated as he was grateful. We’ve always known, he would think; what took you so long?”
― Little Fires Everywhere
― Little Fires Everywhere
“Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground, and start over. After the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow. People are like that, too. They start over. They find a way.”
― Little Fires Everywhere
― Little Fires Everywhere
“It strikes Werner just then as wondrously futile to build splendid buildings, to make music, to sing songs, to print huge books full of colorful birds in the face of the seismic, engulfing indifference of the world—what pretensions humans have! Why bother to make music when the silence and wind are so much larger? Why light lamps when the darkness will inevitably snuff them?”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
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