Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs--which we ignore in the belief that they possess no deeper significance. Yet it is precisely in their being regarded as unimportant that they take on importance. For in them we ritualize and dramatize attitudes which contradict and often embarrass the sacred values which we proclaim through our solemn ceremonies and rituals of nationhood.
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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.
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Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment.
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I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids -- and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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All our acquisitions are designed to move us into the number one position. Because we believe the lion's share of profits go to category leaders.
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The growth rate is also higher than our database business. It's a sticky business with the license renewals and is on the high end of our value chain.
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America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.
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If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.
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It was said without full knowledge. We have spent time with him [Ellison] since, to talk about the SOA framework and he has more insight into what it is. We have been able to settle comments [about] how the architecture is not quite right. He said Siebel's architecture is compatible with the Fusion direction. He will be more specific about the role it will play. He [Ellison] has a better handle on what Nexus is today than at OpenWorld.
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In most companies, one database replaces dozens of Exchange servers,
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The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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The growth of corporate intranets and the World Wide Web is driving demand for both the Oracle8i database and our applications.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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It also strengthens our No. 1 positions in the application business in North America. And it moves us closer to our goal of being No. 1 in applications globally.
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If you ask me right now which way I think it's going to go, it's a toss of the coin. I don't know.
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The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
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We 're not changing our strategy. We have an Internet strategy; we decided that four years ago.
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We highlighted 10 of our more than 450 customers that are currently live after just one year of the e-business suite.
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Siebel is the categorical leader [in CRM] and understands it better than anyone else on the planet, ... This action makes building Fusion products easier not harder.
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On love I have no respect for anyone who says they've given up, or that they're not looking or that they're tired. That is to abrogate one's responsibility as a human being.
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The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogren and stupidity.
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Every application we make works with the Mac today,
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It is absolutely true that we set out to expose Microsoft's covert activities,
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The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.
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A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
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We used to be friends a long time ago, ... a good deal of social time with Bill. Less so recently.
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What is not nailed down is mine. Anything that I can pry loose was not nailed down.
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It's just like with any other sport, if you want to get to that next level, you have to sacrifice a lot. You almost have to be selfish.
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In a single step,
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