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Welcome my sonWelcome to the machineWhere have you been?It's alright we know where you've been You've been in the pipelineFilling in timeProvided with toys and scouting for boysYou brought a guitar to punish your ma And you didn't like schoolAnd you know you're nobody's foolSo welcome to the machine -Pink Floyd, Welcome To The Machine, …
Do what they say Say what you mean …one thing leads to another You told me something wrong I know I listen too long But then one thing leads to another. —The Fixx, One Thing Leads to Another BIDING TIME AND HIDING CAPABILITIES The "biding time and hiding capabilities" strategy is a phrase attributed to …
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About our guest, Dr. Bill DeMarco. His life’s work: “To be highly knowledgeable, capable and hungry in leading and supporting the people I live and work with and to lead others in powerful and effective uses of vision casting, strategy, and history….And to do it all with an understanding heart.” CLICK HERE FOR ITUNE PODCAST LINK …
High on a hillside, the trucks are loadingEverything's ready to rollI sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttimeI might not ever get home This ain't no party, this ain't no discoThis ain't no fooling aroundThis ain't no Mudd Club, or CBGBI ain't got time for that now. --Life During Wartime, Talking Heads, 1979 …
A fun podcast with an “old” friend Andy Christiansen and Tenacious https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tenacious/id1490371118?i=1000612985496 About our guest, Dr. Bill DeMarco. His life’s work: “To be highly knowledgeable, capable and hungry in leading and supporting the people I live and work with and to lead others in powerful and effective uses of vision casting, strategy, and history….And to …
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I was on the outside when you saidYou said you needed meI was looking at myselfI was blind, I could not see A boy tries hard to be a manHis mother takes him by his handIf he stops to think he starts to cryOh why If you walk away, walk awayI walk away, walk away, …
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Us and themAnd after allWe're only ordinary men Me and youGod only knows it's not whatWe would choose to do "Forward", he cried from the rearAnd the front rank diedThe general sat and the lines on the mapMoved from side to side Black and blueAnd who knows which is whichAnd who is who. -Pink Floyd, …
99 knights of the airRide super high-tech jet fightersEveryone's a superheroEveryone's a Captain KirkWith orders to identifyTo clarify and classifyScrambling the summer sky99 red balloons go by -Nena AMC Commander Gen. Mike Minihan, in his now infamous, 1 Feb 23 two-page internal memo ordered leadership under his command to work to ensure units are as …
People look to me and sayIs the end near, when is the final day?What's the future of mankind?How do I know, I got left behind Everyone goes through changesLooking to find the truthDon't look at me for answersDon't ask me, I don't know. --Ozzy Osbourne The more I try to learn, the more I have …
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Scary monsters, super creepsKeep me running, running scaredScary monsters, super creepsKeep me running, running scared. --David Bowie I was listening to a podcast the other day where I heard the term wicked learning environment. Now, I have heard of wicked problems, Wicked the play, we all know wicked people, the wicked witch, and of course …
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