The uncertainty of Socialists themselves concerning the organization of the society they are wishing for, paralyses their energy
[Explaining a failed policy:] Our crystal ball was very muddy.
The mark of a bad leader is not to make the wrong decision. It is to make no decision at all.
It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic.
Bad directors will tell you they absolutely know how to do it, and how it has to happen; there's this insecurity that leads them to feeling like they have to control everything.
Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Should without eyes see pathways to his will!
When you think of how a child experiences a series of events, it feels, for so long, like she's looking at everything from behind this glass and it's obscured.
Most of my childhood is a big blur, 'cause I needed better glasses.
I've worked with a lot of directors who really don't have a sense of what the hell they want.
I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love.
Despite the best intentions, companies often become culturally dysfunctional. This occurs when leadership has a perception about the culture that conflicts with reality, or leadership behaves differently than what might be written down.
..people are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren’t getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope...with all of their might.
There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.
There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.
With 'Kidnapped,' there didn't seem to be a sure hand guiding it: everything had to be run-up-the-pole, so to speak, and there seemed to be a large committee, every day fighting about what the show was about.
My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but I didn't have a clear path. I also lacked in confidence.
It was a gloomy prospect, and all that she could do was to throw a mist over it, and hope when the mist cleared away, she should see something else.
