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" I get mail; therefore I am. "
Scott Adams
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Mail
Therefore
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" If you drill down on any success story, you always discover that luck was a huge part of it. You can't control luck, but you can move from a game with bad odds to one with better odds. You can make it easier for luck to find you. The most useful thing you can do is stay in the game. "
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" I have an endless stream of suggestions coming in from readers who are in cubicles. That keeps me going. "
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Stream
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" Normal people... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet. "
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" Obviously there's not much options when you're a cartoonist - you pretty much either work at home or rent an office I guess, and working at home just seems easier. "
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Home
Office
" 'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip. "
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" You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me. "
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" We don't always have an accurate view of our own potential. I think most people who are frightened of public speaking and can't imagine they might feel different as a result of training. Don't assume you know how much potential you have. Sometimes the only way to know what you can do is to test yourself. "
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People
Training
Yourself
" The longer you work here, diverse it gets. "
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Diverse
You
Gets
" I don't get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.' "
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People
Idiot
Back
" Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove all useful information. "
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You
Company
" One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead. "
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Way
Dead
Brain
" Beware of advice about successful people and their methods. For starters, no two situations are alike. Your dreams of creating a dry-cleaning empire won't be helped by knowing that Thomas Edison liked to take naps. "
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Advice
People
Dreams
" If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. "
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Show
Trouble
Done
" My investments have been hurt. "
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Investments
Been
Hurt
" For most of my career I did one comic a day, every day, including weekends and holidays. "
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Holidays
Every Day
Career
" Happiness is nothing but good health and freedom, and money is the single best way you can buy your freedom. "
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Freedom
Health
Happiness
" Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company. "
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Company
Credibility
Enough
" I try to avoid giving advice. "
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Try
Advice
Giving
" It doesn't take many people to have a bad sense of humor to get in trouble at a corporation. "
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Take
People
Sense Of Humor
" Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it. "
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Work
Great
You
" I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination. "
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Invitation
Decline
Your
" There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives. "
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Few
High
Through
" People vote based on emotion. Period. "
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Vote
Based
Period
" Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive. "
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Most
Success
Failure
" In fact, most people are being squeezed in their little cubicle, and their creativity is forced out elsewhere, because the company can't use it. The company is organized to get rid of variants. "
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Organized
Company
Creativity
" I think if you talk to anybody who ever went from not having much to having enough to buy what they wanted, they're always happier. Now I get that whole '$75,000 a year is some kind of magic number,' but my experience is 'more is better, up to a point.' Then there's a point where it doesn't make any difference. "
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Better
You
Think
" I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'm terribly uncomfortable. "
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Three
Work
Rare
" I'm surrendering myself to the realities of the Internet. "
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Internet
Myself
Realities
" I think 'Dilbert' will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too loudly. 'Dilbert' is the designated voice of discontent for the workplace. I never planned it that way. It just happened. "
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Voice
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" Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. "
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Long
Tradition