Quote by Doug Coupland
Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The Engli

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and its been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries. – Doug Coupland

Other quotes by Doug Coupland

I know its not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli? – Doug Coupland

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Food
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Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them. – Doug Coupland

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Failure
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Failure is authentic, and because its authentic, its real and genuine, and because of that, its a pure state of being. – Doug Coupland

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Failure
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I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century. – Hillary Clinton

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Business

I mean, Im in the business of storytelling, not message making. – John le Carre

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Business

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. – Scott Adams

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Business

Weve got to lift our game tremendously. Well sell our business news and information in print, well sell it to anyone whos got a cable system, and well sell it on the Web. – Rupert Murdoch

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Business

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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. – Samuel Johnson

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Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track. – Lisa Murkowski

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