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Project management is the art of creating the illusion that any outcome is the result of a series of predetermined, deliberate acts when, in fact, it was dumb luck.

Harold Kerzner (2009). “Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling”, p.4, John Wiley & Sons

I'm creating an imaginary — it's always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.

William S. Burroughs (2001). “Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of William S. Burroughs, 1960-1997”, Semiotext

Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement may have been optional in the past, but its pretty much the whole game today.

Gary Hamel (2012). “What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation”, p.150, John Wiley & Sons

There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.

"Darwin's natural heir" by Ed Douglas, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2001.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

"From the TV sofa to the dugout: Alan Shearer plots grand return". Interview with Paul Hayward, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2011.

The imagination equips us to perceive reality when it is not fully materialized.

Mary Caroline Richards (1989). “Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person”, p.74, Wesleyan University Press