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Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from an army of 'experts' all contradicting one another, all trying to seem more 'shocking' and 'in-depth' than the last one. It was all so confusing, nobody seemed to know what to do.
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Max Brooks (World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War)
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The only help I need to live, is unprofessional. The only wealth I have to give, is not material. And if you need much more than that, I'm not available.
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Lauryn Hill
“
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I was going to squirt tears. How unprofessional.
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Jeaniene Frost (One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress, #2))
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He leaned back in his chair. “Detective Gillian, what I want to say at this moment would no doubt be considered extremely inappropriate and unprofessional, even though it would be meant as a compliment to you.” Then he surprised me by laughing. “Screw it. You’re a devious, clever bitch, and I’m glad you work for me.
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Diana Rowland (Secrets of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #3))
“
The accusation 'unprofessional' means 'You did not behave like a machine today.
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Tom Hodgkinson (The Freedom Manifesto)
“
I'm aware of how unprofessional this is and yet I can't stop myself.
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Sandy Hall (A Little Something Different)
“
The problem isn't who is in charge. It's what is in charge. The problem is that people are encouraged to function as machines. Or, actually, as mechanisms. Human emotion and sympathy are unprofessional. They are inappropriate to the exercise of reason. Everything which makes people good - makes them human - is ruled out. The system doesn't care about people, but we treat it as if it were one of us, as if it were the sum of our goods and not the product of our least admirable compromises.
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Nick Harkaway (The Gone-Away World)
“
You always say oh, that’s so unprofessional as though there’s some definition of professional that’s also a moral imperative for how to behave.
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Miriam Toews (All My Puny Sorrows)
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Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. —D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study, pg. 20
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Anaïs Nin (The Quotable Anais Nin: 365 Quotations with Citations)
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Later, she said, “I have to take my braids out for my interviews and relax my hair. Kemi told me that I shouldn’t wear braids to the interview. If you have braids, they will think you are unprofessional.” “So there are no doctors with braided hair in America?” Ifemelu asked. “I have told you what they told me. You are in a country that is not your own. You do what you have to do if you want to succeed.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Americanah)
“
You can't deny that there is something there between us when we get close to one another that is completely unprofessional. I want your help, Sayer, but I want you, too.
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Jay Crownover (Built (Saints of Denver, #1))
“
In the meantime, I had to get dressed and go to work, because going to work in my pajamas was apparently the definition of unprofessional. Cookie's words. I looked it up though. She was wrong. Webster's mentioned nothing about pajamas.
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Darynda Jones (The Curse of Tenth Grave (Charley Davidson, #10))
“
It is very unprofessional for a professional to declare another professional an unprofessional without professional expertise.
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Sukant Ratnakar (Quantraz)
“
A healer would never be so unprofessional.
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Sarah J. Maas (Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7))
“
Fuck you!"
Randy pulled a squirt bottle from his desk and sprayed us both. "Hush," he said.
Jin winced "Now, that's just unprofessional!"
"Quit bitching," I said, shaking the water off my face.
"You may be used to taking shots in the face, but I'm not," he said.
Okay, that was a good one. "Go fuck yourself," I said.
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Andy Weir (Artemis)
“
I value my life more than yours. Sue me. We wouldn’t be in this mess if you hadn’t been so blatantly obvious with your sabotage!” “Fuck you!” Rudy pulled a squirt bottle from his desk and sprayed us both. “Hush,” he said. Jin winced “Now, that’s just unprofessional!
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Andy Weir (Artemis)
“
When meeting with powerful people about things that matter,’ he’d said, ‘never play yourself down. It’s unprofessional
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Joel Shepherd (Renegade (The Spiral Wars, #1))
“
As the old saying goes, you can’t spell unprofessional, unethical, or unaccountable without the UN.
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Brad Thor (Code of Conduct (Scot Harvath, #14))
“
What if I slip and behave towards you in an unprofessional manner?” “Please do something unprofessional,
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Michele Mills (His Human Nanny (Monsters Love Curvy Girls #1))
“
The most unprofessional people are the ones that try to be professional.
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Richie Norton
“
People always think it's unprofessional if your appearance doesn't match your biological sex. What does my gender have to do with my skills?
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Marcel Weyers
“
He stepped forward, and as he did the left side of his coconut brassiere slipped down, revealing his left nipple. He shoved the coconut back into place. He didn’t want to look unprofessional.
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Dave Barry (Lunatics)
“
Commander Rayburn walked in and said, 'Oh, the elf's little ginger boyfriend' in a despairing, and, Elliot considered, unprofessional manner. 'What have you been doing now?'
'Staged a pacifist protest,' said Elliot. 'Also, Serene and I have not defined the parameters of our relationship yet, though I have high hopes.'
'He staged a pacifist protest by hurling knives all over everywhere,' reported Captain Woodsinger from her place at the door, throwing the commander a snappy salute.
'Unusual,' said Commander Rayburn. He sounded very, very tired.
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Sarah Rees Brennan (In Other Lands)
“
08/14/1025h. Dessert Competitions.
08/14/1315h. Illinois State Fair Infirmary; then motel; then Springfield Memorial Medical Center Emergency Room for distention and possible rupture of transverse colon (false alarm); then motel; incapacitated till well after sunset; whole day a washout; incredibly embarrassing, unprofessional; indescribable. Delete entire day.
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David Foster Wallace (A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments)
“
…a long-haired, younger, super-lean Dominic Knight with sleek, corded muscles and the loose-limbed grace of a large jungle cat. Even in the unprofessional video one could see the hint of menace in the spring-coiled twitch of his hand holding the crop.
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C.C. Gibbs (Knight's Mistress (All or Nothing, #1))
“
Our world is in turmoil. It is aging toward senility. It is
very ill. Long ago it was born with brilliant prospects. It
was baptized by water, and its sins were washed away. It
was never baptized by fire, for that is still to come. It has
had shorter periods of good health, but longer ones of
ailing. Most of the time there have been pains and aches
in some parts of its anatomy, but now that it is growing
old, complications have set in, and all the ailments seem
to be everywhere.
The world has been ‘cliniced,’ and the complex
diseases have been catalogued. The physicians have had
summit consultations, and temporary salve has been
rubbed on afflicted parts, but it has only postponed the
fatal day and never cured it. It seems that while remedies
have been applied, staph infection has set in, and the
patient’s suffering intensified. His mind is wandering. It
cannot remember its previous illnesses nor the cure
which was applied. The political physicians through the
ages have rejected suggested remedies as unprofessional
since they came from lowly prophets. Man being what
he is with tendencies such as he has, results can be
prognosticated with some degree of accuracy.
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Spencer W. Kimball (Proclaiming the Gospel: Spencer W. Kimball Speaks on Missionary Work)
“
The therapist’s voice rose, which was highly unprofessional. “Have you at least stopped smoking, Aran? I know you were using the enchanted drug as a crutch.” “I’ve actually quit completely.” Dr. Palmer’s eyes widened with surprise, and her face softened for the first time during our appointment. “Wow, that is actually very impressive, Aran. I’m proud of you for facing your—” She stopped talking as Aran pulled out her pipe and took a long draw. “Just kidding. I can’t go ten minutes without it.” Dr. Palmer’s eyebrow twitched.
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Jasmine Mas (Psycho Beasts (Cruel Shifterverse, #3))
“
You ever work with a UN stabilization force?” Ash asked. Harvath shook his head. “Then trust me. As the old saying goes, you can’t spell unprofessional, unethical, or unaccountable without the UN. The cholera outbreak the old blue helmets caused in Haiti? Over ten thousand dead, and it has spread to the Dominican Republic and Cuba. The rapes and sex crimes they have committed in Mali and everywhere else? The stories of their depravity and brutality are legion.
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Brad Thor (Code of Conduct (Scot Harvath, #14))
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I’m sorry,” Butch muttered. “I behaved unprofessionally. It won’t happen again.” Helania lifted her head off Boone’s pec. “Are you kidding me? I want to shoot him, too.” “No one’s shooting anybody,” Vishous cut in. Then he rolled his eyes. “And you know people be losin’ their shit if I’m the one saying something like that.
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J.R. Ward (Blood Truth (Black Dagger Legacy #4))
“
And maybe I was a little intense. But not as much as the princess who marched into that court in a very unprofessional pair of jeans and a T-shirt, looking like she had gone to hell and back--and was about to drag the rest of us back there with her, just like I kinda planned to do.
I knew it in a split second--and everybody else knew it too, even old Fabio--that we weren't just seeing a princess standing there in a pair of jeans and boots.
We were all getting our first glimpse of the next queen.
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Beth Fantaskey
“
It was completely unprofessional to speak about your boss like that to someone who wasn’t a trusted friend or family member you leaned on for the requisite boss-venting.
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Mimi Jean Pamfiloff (Fugly (Fugly #1))
“
Wisdom in the workplace means to inspire creativity, learning, and progression, but discourage unprofessionalism and negativity.
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Pearl Zhu (Change Insight: Change as an Ongoing Capability to Fuel Digital Transformation (Digital Master Book 9))
“
Gemma walked up behind her and did the crazy sign, which since she was a psychiatrist seemed very unprofessional.
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Darynda Jones (Eighth Grave After Dark (Charley Davidson, #8))
“
Unprofessionalism damages the business reputation and tarnishes the trust of society.
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Pearl Zhu (Talent Master: 199+ Questions to See Talent from Different Angles (Digital Master Book 6))
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Amusement slid across his infuriatingly perfect face. “What’s this?” “The flirting. It’s unprofessional.” “I’m afraid flirting is part of my nature, darling.
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Ana Huang (The Striker (Gods of the Game, #1))
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She tapped the butt of her pistol. “Would it be terribly unprofessional of me to shoot her hat off?” “Yes,” Olem said without looking up from the letter.
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Brian McClellan (Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder, #1))
“
like, Fat Bald Detective’s office is very unprofessional because there’s crap everywhere and it smells like Fritos.
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Greg Howard (The Whispers)
“
it is equally unprofessional to promise impossible time scales and to cut basic engineering corners to meet a deadline.
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Andrew Hunt (The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master)
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care desperately in a perversely curious-about-your-sex-life way,” Merrick said. “You never tell me anything about your personal life. You don’t hit on me. You ignore me when I hit on you. You keep our work relationship professional no matter how hard I try to make it unprofessional. It’s like you have integrity or something, and quite frankly, I’m sick of it.
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Megan Hart (Captivated)
“
Sysadmins are the unsung heroes of the century, and if they’re not busting you for sending racy IMs or engaging in unprofessional email conduct, it’s purely out of their own goodwill.
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Cory Doctorow (Overclocked: More Stories of the Future Present)
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It is not enough for code to work. Code that works is often badly broken. Programmers who satisfy themselves with merely working code are behaving unprofessionally. They may fear that they don’t have time to improve the structure and design of their code, but I disagree. Nothing has a more profound and long-term degrading effect upon a development project than bad code.
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Robert C. Martin (Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Robert C. Martin Series))
“
We’re going to be working together, so non-client dinners would be unprofessional.” I brought my mouth closer to hers, and our breaths mingled as I said quietly, “Let’s be unprofessional together, Annie.
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Anonymous
“
Don't ever accuse anyone of being full of pride, undignified and unprofessional when simply they are wise to move away from dishonest schemers.
Dishonesty comprise too of layers of lies simply casted for impressive appearances. There are times too that corrupt hearts have their own confused, modified, self-affirming, pro-self interest business inclined definitions of "professionalism, integrity, dignity and pride.
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Angelica Hopes
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For instance, one thing we'll need to do is create a climate of questioning ideas without evidence. This is not being "mean" or "bashing" or "unprofessional." It's what' professional scientists do. It needs to become our norm.
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Jean Donaldson
“
Her lack of formality strikes me as rather unprofessional. I rankle a bit that Susan’s acting like she’s picking her daughter up from school instead of chauffeuring an acclaimed guest. But no, no, that’s my own bias coming through.
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R.F. Kuang (Yellowface)
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In addition, unlike Othello, whose profession of arms is socially honorable, Shylock is a professional usurer who, like a prostitute, has a social function but is an outcast from the community. But, in the play, he acts unprofessionally; he refuses to charge Antonio interest and insists upon making their legal relation that of debtor and creditor, a relation acknowledged as legal by all societies. Several critics have pointed to analogies between the trial scene and the medieval Processus Belial in which Our Lady defends man against the prosecuting Devil who claims the legal right to man’s soul. […] But the differences between Shylock and Belial are as important as their similarities. The comic Devil of the mystery play can appeal to logic, to the letter of the law, but he cannot appeal to the heart or to the imagination, and Shakespeare allows Shylock to do both. In his "Hath not a Jew eyes…" speech in Act III, Scene I, he is permitted to appeal to the sense of human brotherhood, and in the trial scene, he is allowed to argue, with a sly appeal to the fear a merchant class has of radical social evolution:
You have among you many a purchased slave
Which like your asses and your dogs and mules,
You use in abject and in slavish parts,
which points out that those who preach mercy and brotherhood as universal obligations limit them in practice and are prepared to treat certain classes of human beings as things.
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W.H. Auden (The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays)
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Victor is extremely intelligent," Nurse Ratched said. "He can fix almost anything. And he decided to fix you, so you should be thankful to your father. Your dad. Your daddy. Error. Error. Do not call people 'daddy.' That is unprofessional.
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T.J. Klune (In the Lives of Puppets)
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the distinct impression harassment and fear were stalking the corridors. It would at least be understandable, if not countenanced, were it harassment by sporadic enemy fire or fear of combat; but it was worse than that. The harassment came from long hours trying to make sense of, and respond to, conflicting and unprofessional orders from Washington; the fear came from knowing the results were not right and never would be, and the consequences to both conscience and career were not pleasant to contemplate.
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Mark Berent (Rolling Thunder (Wings of War, #1))
“
One of the reasons many physicians feel drained by their work is that they do not know how to make an opening to receive anything from their patients. The way we were trained, receiving is considered unprofessional. The way most of us were raised, receiving is considered a weakness.
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Rachel Naomi Remen (Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal)
“
Though when she thought of it after, it was rather unprofessional behaviour, but sometimes when people are involved, business has to stop being business and the human must win. However, Kitty couldn't ignore the underlying truth that they both hung on to that hug for a little too long.
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Cecelia Ahern (One Hundred Names)
“
Generally speaking,” he said, softening his voice a little. “If the word ‘like’ follows the words ‘I feel,’ you’re expressing a judgment, not a feeling. For instance, ‘I feel like you’re being unprofessional,’ or ‘I feel like you aren’t hearing me’—those are judgments, not genuine feelings.
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Tawna Fenske (About That Fling)
“
Issues or fears of confrontation tend to showcase unhealthy and unprofessional communication. If you are trusting someone to tell you all the good, bad and ugly, but they only give you the good out of their fears and confrontational issues… the bad and the ugly can grow worse and worse quickly.
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Loren Weisman
“
Anyway, no one else knew how mad she was; she’d kept it to herself. Well, except during labor, when she might have shouted some regrettable things, her fingernails possibly digging into some unknown person’s forearm as the bigger contractions took hold. She remembered someone besides herself shrieking and swearing. It seemed strange and unprofessional.
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Bonnie Garmus (Lessons in Chemistry)
“
Armstrong: I like documentation. I don't think a program is finished until you've written some reasonable documentation. And I quite like a specification. I think it's unprofessional these people who say, "What does it do? Read the code." The code shows me what it does. It doesn't show me what it's supposed to do. I think the code is the answer to a problem.
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Seibel Peter
“
Flyaways should be called siblings because they are annoying and they get in the way.
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Elisabeth Patterson
“
Work like a professional. Don’t sweat. Don’t complain.
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Utibe Samuel Mbom (The Event Usher’s Handbook)
“
Don't ever accuse anyone of being full of pride, undignified and unprofessional when simply they are wise to move away from dishonest schemers.
Dishonesty comprise too of layers of lies simply casted for impressive appearances. There are times too that corrupt hearts have their own confused, modified, self-affirming, pro-self interest business inclined definition of "professional, integrity, dignified and pride.
”
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Angelica Hopes
“
Yes, you did. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have. The power of persuasion.” He smirks. “You came back because I told you to.” He leans back in his chair, one leg over the other. “I came back because I know I should’ve been here.” “But you only came back after I told you to. You felt like you needed to listen to me.” I frown. “Where are you going with this?” He smiles and then scoots back his chair and gets up. “Nowhere.
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Clarissa Wild (Bad Teacher (Unprofessional Bad Boys, #1))
“
One’s email address serves as an identity online and speaks volumes about a person; it may be telling potential clients, partners or employers a whole lot about you: to be hired or fired. Unfortunately most send negative signals, indicating that: you are not a serious person - you are immature - Unprofessional, - Uncouth. etc. Take a look at your email address again today, get professional, be ethical, respectful, be admirable
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Bernard Kelvin Clive
“
He likes things quiet, just like I do. He also likes to watch television, specifically when there are other kitties on—probably because of the pussy. We would’ve had a perfect bromance, if it weren’t for the fact that he’s a cat. I
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Clarissa Wild (Bad Teacher (Unprofessional Bad Boys, #1))
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No no no! It’s too cute! Is this real? Oh my god, look at the paws! The tiny little paws! Am I dreaming this? Is this really happening? This is too good to be true. Like, I’m too happy right now to be awake. Can this one’s name be Mister Whiskers?
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J.D. Hawkins (Unprofessional (Bad Boy, #3))
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what if you were a doctor and had a patient who demanded that you stop all the silly hand-washing in preparation for surgery because it was taking too much time? 2 Clearly the patient is the boss; and yet the doctor should absolutely refuse to comply. Why? Because the doctor knows more than the patient about the risks of disease and infection. It would be unprofessional (never mind criminal) for the doctor to comply with the patient. So too it is unprofessional for programmers to bend to the will of managers who don’t understand the risks of making messes.
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Anonymous
“
? Reviews are for readers AND authors. It’s a good way of learning from what people think about the work. Being it good or bad. A book might as well be hurt by a bad, poorly written review. That’s such a pity. Some people don’t know how to express themselves, and maybe that’s why they are just readers and not writers, others read a book like chewing a cupcake. That’s too bad. If that was not your cup of tea, leave it there, untouched. Don’t go bash the author for that. But if you really hate the book, why bother telling others. It’s your problem after all. You can give constructive opinions but don’t blame the author for your different tastes and views. Also authors shouldn’t comment on reviews, it sounds unprofessional, even silly. Some busy writers don’t even have time to read what other people say about their work. If someone enjoyed your book, or not, that is irrelevant. If you will continue or not to write something else it doesn´t add to the plate.. Besides, why bother commenting on a review, just read it and shut up. Being it good or bad. So my opinions about authors commenting on reviews is just my opinions after all!
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Ana Claudia Antunes
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What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore? [My advice:] Pursue every project, idea, or industry that genuinely lights you up, regardless of how unrelated each idea is, or how unrealistic a long-term career in that field might now seem. You’ll connect the dots later. Work your fucking ass off and develop a reputation for going above and beyond in all situations. Do whatever it takes to earn enough money, so that you can go all in on experiences or learning opportunities that put you in close proximity to people you admire, because proximity is power. Show up in every moment like you’re meant to be there, because your energy precedes anything you could possibly say. Ignore the advice to specialize in one thing, unless you’re certain that’s how you want to roll. Ignore giving a shit about what other people think about your career choices or what you do for a living—especially if what you do for a living funds your career choices. Ignore the impulse to dial down your enthusiasm for fear it’ll be perceived as unprofessional. And especially for women, ignore societal and familial pressures to get married and have kids.
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Timothy Ferriss (Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World)
“
Once Monica appeared wearing a borderline unprofessional dress, a bit too short, if you asked me. I could only think, Who does she think she is? She was straphanging around George Stephanopoulos, and I shooed her like a stray cat. She hissed another lame excuse. I was fed up with her games, but at this moment the president arrived, easily catching her sight (or scent—I don’t know which). They made small talk. She walked away. Her mission was complete; she had caught the president’s wandering eye. She turned back to ensure she had his attention—and flipped up her black-and-white print dress to reveal her blue thong.
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Gary J. Byrne (Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate)
“
When the ball is up in the air and it’s a perfect kick, it doesn’t matter how great it looks, cos there’s no telling which way it’s going to bounce when it hits the floor. That’s a bit like life, isn’t it? You think it’s going great one minute and all looks wonderful, but you never know which way it’s going to take you.
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Joe Marler (Loose Head: Confessions of an (un)professional rugby player)
“
It is late afternoon and the daily, or nightly, game of cat and mouse between Rome’s vigili urbani, or traffic police, and the unlicensed street peddlers who set up their portable tables and lamps in Piazza Sant’Egidio where I live, or nearby, is about to start. And, as usual, the mice will win. Not because they are smarter but simply because they care more about breaking the law than the authorities care about enforcing it.
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Sari Gilbert (My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City)
“
Now that you've taken charge of me, milady, what's your next command?"
The question was casual, with a hint of friendly teasing. But she was stunned by the reservoir of feeling he'd unlocked in her, so vast she was drowning in it. A feeling of pure longing. And until this moment, she'd never even known it was there.
She tried to think of some clever reply. But the only thing her mind could summon was something impulsive and silly.
Kiss me.
She would never say something so brazen, of course. It would appear desperate or mad, and it would embarrass both of them. And for a business owner to behave in such an unprofessional manner with a customer- well, that didn't bear thinking of.
But as Merritt saw his blank expression, a horrid realization made something inside her plunge.
"Oh, God," she said faintly, her fingers flying to her mouth. "Did
I say that out loud?
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Lisa Kleypas (Devil in Disguise (The Ravenels, #7))
“
When I see someone not performing, I am frank enough to tell the person that it’s not working out. I request him or her to leave or change jobs within the group. But I see many of our senior colleagues, including my brothers, sons and nephews, empathetic towards non-performers. They don’t want to face the issue. They tend to become comfortable with such people and they get protection. They tend to choose people who become personally loyal to them rather than to the company. I think it’s important to be professional about such matters. Protecting a non-performer is not good for the business and also the person being protected. This is unprofessional too. The non-performer may be in the wrong job and thus not doing what he or she is best at doing. Empathy that results in protection would lead to a negative result for the employee as well. He or she might be better off in another job within the group or elsewhere.
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Subhash Chandra (The Z Factor: My Journey as the Wrong Man at the Right Time)
“
You know what? You're kind of growing on me too."
"Like mold?" I ask.
"No, you smell too good," he says, turning his back to me. "I know your kitchen is well equipped. I hope you have a rice steamer."
"Duh," I say, mentally kicking myself for my unprofessional response. "Of course I do."
I walk over to the cabinet and step up onto my toes, but I can't reach the damn contraption. Charles steps up behind me, reaches over my head, and grabs it before it tumbles on my head. For two brief seconds, his body presses into mine, his hands steadying my waist. I swear he's breathing me in. And I'm doing the same. He grabs the steamer, sets it on the counter. But he only shifts slightly, and there's clearly something wrong with my legs; they won't budge. I think I may be paralyzed.
"Did my mother make you the perfume you're wearing?" he asks, his breath on my neck.
"Uh, yeah, she did."
"The base notes smell delicious on you," he says, his voice husky and hot.
My spine tingles. A drop of perspiration beads on my forehead. I clamp my lips together before I tell him he smells delicious too and that he's invaded my thoughts ever since I first met him on the street.
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Samantha Verant (The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique)
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I have practiced psychotherapy, family therapy, and hypnotherapy for over 25 years without a single board complaint or law suit by a client. For over three years, however, a group of proponents of the false memory syndrome (FMS) hypothesis, including members, officials, and supporters of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, Inc., have waged a multi-modal campaign of harassment and defamation directed against me, my clinical clients, my staff, my family, and others connected to me. I have neither treated these harassers or their families, nor had any professional or personal dealings with any of them; I am not related in any way to the disclosures of memories of sexual abuse in these families. Nonetheless, this group disrupts my professional and personal life and threatens to drive me out of business. In this article, I describe practicing psychotherapy under a state of siege and places the campaign against me in the context of a much broader effort in the FMS movement to denigrate, defame, and harass clinicians, lecturers, writers, and researchers identified with the abuse and trauma treatment communities….
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David L. Calof
“
Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33
TAT: I want to move back to an area that I'm not real comfortable asking you about, but I'm going to, because I think it's germane to this discussion. When we began our discussion [see "A Conversation with Pamela Freyd, Ph.D., Part 1", Treating Abuse Today, 3(3), P. 25-39] we spoke a bit about how your interest in this issue intersected your own family situation. You have admitted writing about it in your widely disseminated "Jane Doe" article. I think wave been able to cover legitimate ground in our discussion without talking about that, but I am going to return to it briefly because there lingers an important issue there. I want to know how you react to people who say that the Foundation is basically an outgrowth of an unresolved family matter in your own family and that some of the initial members of your Scientific Advisory Board have had dual professional relationships with you and your family, and are not simply scientifically attached to the Foundation and its founders.
Freyd: People can say whatever they want to say. The fact of the matter is, day after day, people are calling to say that something very wrong has taken place. They're telling us that somebody they know and love very much, has acquired memories in some kind of situation, that they're sure are false, but that there has been no way to even try to resolve the issues -- now, it's 3,600 families.
TAT: That's kind of side-stepping the question. My question --
Freyd: -- People can say whatever they want. But you know --
TAT: -- But, isn't it true that some of the people on your scientific advisory have a professional reputation that is to some extent now dependent upon some findings in your own family?
Freyd: Oh, I don't think so. A professional reputation dependent upon findings in my family?
TAT: In the sense that they may have been consulted professionally first about a matter in your own family. Is that not true?
Freyd: What difference does that make?
TAT: It would bring into question their objectivity. It would also bring into question the possibility of this being a folie à deux --
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David L. Calof
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Nate fretted over the futility and unprofessionalism of their love affair — it was besperspektivnyak, a hopeless situation, a fruitless exercise. Dominika loved him passionately, and didn’t care about the rules. Dominika would tease him for acting like a dour Russian while she soared like a liberated American love child. The issue of her defection and resettlement was the tinder that always started the arguments. How do you feel about her now? he thought to himself, thankful that among Benford’s other vampiric skills, mind reading was probably not numbered. That was fortunate, since Nathaniel Nash at this minute knew, had always known, that he loved the beautiful Russian with the serious scowl that would melt into a dizzying smile from across the street when she saw him approach. He loved the way she breathed his name —Neyt, with the broad Russian vowel— when they made love and how her head went back, eyelids fluttering and chin trembling, groaning Ya zakanchivayu, I’m finishing (Russians never say “I’m cominng” in bed).
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Jason Matthews (The Kremlin's Candidate (Red Sparrow Trilogy, #3))
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I stared at Jim in horror, my skin crawling. “A Guardian banished me. Me! But I’m a Guardian. Can we banish each other? Oh, crap!”
Jim nodded. “You’re not just a Guardian, you’re a Guardian Plus! Now with extra ‘prince of Abaddon’ cleaning power.”
I’d like to point out—the dark power’s voice started to say.
“I have enough on my plate right now!” I snapped at it.
The voice sulked into silence.
“Yeah, well, you may just have to deal with it,” Jim said, moseying over to where I’d been standing. “What were you looking for?”
“I can’t believe another Guardian banished me just because I happen to be a prince of Abaddon. There should be some rule about not banishing demon lords who are also Guardians.”
Jim cocked an eyebrow. “Like you think this is a normal situation?”
“Normal? I don’t even know what’s normal anymore,” I fumed, marching around the room while wringing my hands. “And now look, I’m wringing my hands. Have you ever known me to be a hand-wringer? I detest the sort of woman who wrings her hands! It signifies weakness, and lack of coherence, and a totally unprofessional attitude!”
“And if we know anything about you, it’s that you’re a professional, and you’re confident,” Jim said, nosing a spot on the floor.
“Damn straight I am!” I yelled, forcing my hands apart so they couldn’t wring themselves. “Look, they’re trying to do it again. It’s like my hands are possessed or something! Dear god, it’s the dark power. The dark power has taken over my hands and is trying to wring me into insanity!”
“Is this little drama going to take long? ’Cause if it is, I want popcorn and a Diet Coke with extra ice.”
“You’re not going to like where I put the popcorn and extra ice,” I said, ignoring my possessed hands to glare at the demon with much intent.
Jim’s eyes widened as it backed away. “You’ve got that evil, slightly insane look down pat. Have you been practicing? We’re talking seriously scary, Ash. Hannibal-Lecter-has-nothing-on-you sort of scary.”
“Enough banter from you, buster,” I said, trying to pull myself together. “Let’s go over this situation again calmly. One: the dark power has taken over my hands.”
I have not!
“Not listening! Two: there is a Guardian out there who can banish me at will. Which means that every other Guardian can probably do the same. Lovely. Just what I need—more people trying to do me in.”
I slumped down into a chair and thought seriously about crying, but dropped that thought when my hands crept to ward each other.
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Katie MacAlister (Holy Smokes (Aisling Grey, #4))
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Hank continued to look confused. “So, what’s she like otherwise? Is she a nice person?”
Duane shrugged. “Not particularly. She’s businesslike, to the point. Cletus calls her efficient.”
“Duane and Cletus would know.” I indicated to my brother with my chin. “She’ll talk to them, but she still doesn’t speak to me.”
“So, Miss Too Pretty ignoring you has your boxers in a bunch?” Hank looked like he was stifling a laugh.
“Like I said, it has nothing to do with her looks. And she can keep on ignoring me. I don’t care about that. But you’d be irritated too if someone you didn’t know told you your face was distorted.”
“She didn’t say your face was distorted, dummy.” Duane rolled his eyes.
I pointed at my brother. “She said yourface was perfectly symmetrical and myface was wonky. And that—plus I’m an idiot—is how she could tell us apart.”
Hank barked a laugh.
I glowered at my friend. “And I’m the one who needed to apologize?”
“Now see, I don’t think you needed to apologize for mistaking her for a stripper. I think you needed to apologize for suggesting she take off her clothes. There’s the difference.” Duane nodded at his own words.
“Technically, I didn’t suggest she take off her clothes. I suggested she keep them on.”
Hank rubbed his chin. “You shouldn’t have made any reference to her clothes at all, especially since you’ll be working with her for the foreseeable future. That’s just unprofessional.”
“Unprofessional?” I couldn’t believe the words out of my friend’s mouth, especially considering his practice of sending strippers to welcome me home was the cause of this mess in the first place.
“Don’t look at me like that. I work in a strip club; you work in an auto shop. Of course I have to talk to my employees about their costumes and such.” Hank gave me a pointed look as he brought the beer bottle to his mouth and said before taking a sip, “The only stripping you should be discussing with this woman is salvaging for car parts.
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Penny Reid (Beard in Mind (Winston Brothers, #4))
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The Words You Write
“Few things scream ‘unprofessional’ faster than a poorly written letter or resume filled with errors, misspellings, misuse, and negligence.
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Susan C. Young (The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact(The Art of First Impressions for Positive Impact, #5))
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Like playing cards in the hands of an unprofessional player, the school activities papers are scattered lacking the connection between them and the upper educational goals.
And like the playing cards scatter all around the place when played by amateurs who don’t know the rules of the game, the school activities spread in time and place leaving behind them a crowded painting full of colors and lines that don’t show the watcher that it was painted by a professional drawer who mastered the lines and colors in his complicated piece.
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Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi
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She watches me take off the shirt, her gaze stroking the ridges of my abs and carved waist. Blood pumps through the veins in my cock.
Fuck.
Jane.
Not in that order. Not in that fucking way.
It’s not my job to think about her in any setting outside of client-bodyguard relations.
It’s not my job to think about what she’d taste like if I spread her legs. I have pictured it, and I’ll do a hundred deadlifts as punishment for even thinking about her pussy.
Unprofessional.
Un-fucking professional.
It’s not my job to feel a fucking thing other than duty. Responsibility. Devotion – workplace devotion.
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Krista Ritchie (Tangled Like Us (Like Us, #4))
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He ordered a cup of tea and two biscuits for five pence and thought of nothing.—Oh, but that’s impossible.—It’s not possible to think of nothing. Certainly it was unprofessional of Fred, who was paid by the university to use his mind, and unwise of him as a lover, but there it was, he was occupied with bitter sensations, giving way to stupefaction, then to emptiness.
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Penelope Fitzgerald (The Gate of Angels)
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Scientists don’t like making guesses, and she seemed to be asking for permission to be unprofessional.
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Jeff Schanz (The Eternity Project)
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Faith and profession are never in conflict; it is only to the shallow mind that the two are separable. Sharing your spiritual values that guide your vocational commitments and values has never been considered unprofessional but only to cheap thinkers. Remember, Adam and Eve had only two assignments; working and worshipping their Creator.
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Lucas D. Shallua
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In Nevada, Governor Steven Sisolak prohibited both prescribing and dispensing chloroquine drugs for COVID-19.110 State medical licensing boards threatened to bring “unprofessional conduct” charges against non-complying doctors (a
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health)
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If you give employees more freedom instead of developing processes to prevent them from exercising their own judgment, they will make better decisions and it’s easier to hold them accountable. This also makes for a happier, more motivated workforce as well as a more nimble company. But to develop a foundation that enables this level of freedom you need to first increase two other elements: + Build up talent density. At most companies, policies and control processes are put in place to deal with employees who exhibit sloppy, unprofessional, or irresponsible behavior. But if you avoid or move out these people, you don’t need the rules. If you build an organization made up of high performers, you can eliminate most controls. The denser the talent, the greater the freedom you can offer. + Increase candor. Talented employees have an enormous amount to learn from one another. But the normal polite human protocols often prevent employees from providing the feedback necessary to take performance to another level. When talented staff members get into the feedback habit, they all get better at what they do while becoming implicitly accountable to one another, further reducing the need for traditional controls.
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Reed Hastings (No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention)
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As long as I am using anxiety-based coping rituals I am NOT being freed from anxiety disorder.
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Vincentijn (Kill your Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A very unprofessional view on things)
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Unprofessional' transparency creates solidarity, which is dangerous.
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Unknown Author 993
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I pick him up and cuddle with him, like real grown-up men do, because fuck masculinity.
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Clarissa Wild (Bad Teacher (Unprofessional Bad Boys, #1))
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We can take so many paths in life, but there’s no use thinking about them because we chose only one. That’s the one we should believe in. It’s all we can do. Believe we made the right choice.
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Clarissa Wild (Bad Teacher (Unprofessional Bad Boys, #1))
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You are mine, Hailey. Whether you think you are or not doesn’t matter. When I say you’re mine, you’re mine completely. No one, and I mean no one, is going to touch you. I don’t share what belongs to me.
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Clarissa Wild (Bad Teacher (Unprofessional Bad Boys, #1))
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My ass. My pussy. My fucking girl,” he growls, making me wanna swoon.
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Clarissa Wild (Bad Teacher (Unprofessional Bad Boys, #1))
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Every human and animal should be grateful for every second they spend here on earth. Life isn’t a guarantee, it’s a gift we should cherish. Just like love.
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Clarissa Wild (Bad Teacher (Unprofessional Bad Boys, #1))
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Life’s a string of random moments, moments you can either push away or enjoy for what they are. And now, I’ve finally learned to enjoy this moment just the way it is.
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Clarissa Wild (Bad Teacher (Unprofessional Bad Boys, #1))
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When I ask the receptionist to please, please, please give me Jonah’s contact details, she reacts the same way as Claude did at the drawing class—like it’s an absolute outrage for me to ask her to do something so unprofessional.
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Kirsty Greenwood (The Love of My Afterlife)
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Breathe. Remember, murdering a client is considered unprofessional.
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Ana Huang (King of Sloth (Kings of Sin, #4))
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Microsoft is famous for hiring extremely bright, highly aggressive, young people right out of school. Moody says, "I felt like I was watching a gang of adolescents who had sneaked into some corporate headquarters after hours, taken over its boardrooms, and were playing at being businesspeople." Microsoft is also famous for pushing these youngsters very hard to get the most and best out of them. Moody says, "The atmosphere on the campus is one of unrelenting anxiety and constant improvisation." The book is a remarkable chronicle of how arbitrary, demoralizing, and unprofessional Microsoft's development methods often are.
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Alan Cooper (The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity)
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Once, perhaps. Not anymore. I can’t ignore it any longer. I can’t keep my mouth shut just to avoid being unprofessional. I’m lying to myself. We have to face facts, sir. Dress it up however you like—neutralisation, elimination—but those are just euphemisms for what it is I really do. I’m paid to murder people.
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Mark Dawson (The Cleaner (John Milton, #1))
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If the word ‘like’ follows the words ‘I feel,’ you’re expressing a judgment, not a feeling. For instance, ‘I feel like you’re being unprofessional,’ or ‘I feel like you aren’t hearing
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Tawna Fenske (About That Fling)
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Expecting a return on investment from jobs should not be mistaken for the selfish and unprofessional attitude known as “CV building,” where developers don’t care about their jobs and are there just to improve their CVs, choosing technologies and methodologies for personal reasons and not because they are fit for a specific purpose.
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Sandro Mancuso (Software Craftsman, The: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride (Robert C. Martin Series))
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If the word ‘like’ follows the words ‘I feel,’ you’re expressing a judgment, not a feeling. For instance, ‘I feel like you’re being unprofessional,’ or ‘I feel like you aren’t hearing me’—those are judgments, not genuine feelings.
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Tawna Fenske (About That Fling)
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Don’t throw tantrums; that’s unprofessional.
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Joan Bolker (Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis)
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You can’t spell unprofessional, unethical, or unaccountable without the UN.
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Brad Thor (Code of Conduct (Scot Harvath, #14))