Clifford Cohen Quotes

Recognize and beware of the snare.
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His problem is that he doesn’t want anyone until he can have anyone he wants.
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There are four stages to a person’s career:In Stage 1 you are enthusiastic about your work, but inexperienced (start of your career).In Stage 2 you are both enthusiastic about your work and have gained experience (top of your career).In Stage 3 you’re tired of your work, but you are also still competent/experienced (maintenance stage).In Stage 4 you are sick of your work, and because you haven’t been motivated to keep up with your profession, you are now, once again, inexperienced relative to the state-of-the-art in your field (end of career).
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Do first what you don’t want to do most.
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Don’t ask a yes or no question unless the person being asked can say no without hesitation.
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People usually have to be dragged kicking and screaming into what’s good for them.
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You are not a better or wiser person simply because you’ve ceased to care.
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Observing stupidity in others is a sure sign of stupidity in the observer.
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Always try to align your loyalties and commitment with the largest scope of the context you find yourself in. For example, if you work for a department in a company, align yourself with the company—not the department; if you are in an army platoon, align yourself with the army.
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What is the meaning of life…to give life meaning.
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Just because something is ubiquitous does not mean that it is innocuous.
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Two examples of irony:...a cheap knock-off of a Chinese Ming vase…made in China....getting murdered in a graveyard.
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Give your ambition a name.
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Don’t think for a moment that you’ve gotta be perfect to be paid.
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In any career, there is a moment when you are no longer need to be pushed up from below, but rather pulled up from above. Know when that moment comes and adjust your strategy accordingly.
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There is no reason to assume our species will survive itself.
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A few thoughts on crime and punishment:Punishment—either don’t merit it, or learn to embrace it.It is easy to endure punishment, much harder to accept it.Committing a crime is like incurring a debt: you can either pay it off now, or pay it off later—with interest.
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Emotion is the timbre of thought.
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As I get older I find it more and more easy to watch a pot until it boils.
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My philosophy of life: “Don’t just sit around doing nothing and wasting your time—get off your butt and start doing something and wasting your time.
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Humility and competence are the keys to a successful life.
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Eating healthy is not so much about what you eat, but what you don’t eat.
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Rare is not synonymous with valuable.
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When someone apologizes to you, be sure you know whether they’re sorry, or just scared.
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The tyrant’s formula for every genocide since the beginning of time: differentiate, divide, destroy.
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Be careful not to think that just because you know what a person is going to say, you know what that person is going to do.Be careful not to think that just because you know what a person is going to do to others, you know what that person is going to do (or not do) to you.
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Chronic problems tend to come from chronic habits.
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It is more important to understand the book you are reading than to finish the book you are reading.
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You have to know you don’t know before you can know.
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There’s no arguing with a song that writes itself.
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A psychologist’s job (if it’s done well) is to get you to seriously laugh at yourself.
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Some people say I raised a good child. I like to think of it as my child raised a good parent.
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Sex can be the result of love, but never the cause of it.
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