He preferred the term "study" to "office," as an office meant work. No way around it. In a study, you could, well, study, or nap or read, or stare into space thinking long thoughts. You could certainly work, but it wasn't a requirement.
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I would never sabotage you, Mya._ He wiped away one of my stray tears with his fingertips. __f course, deep down I did want you to stay, but I had nothing but nice things to say about you. I even said they__ be foolish not to hire you, but__ __ut?_ I glared at him. __ut what?_ __ut if they thought the low-ass salaries they were offering were good enough for you, they needed to increase them exponentially or move along to someone else. I thought you deserved more._ __s that all?_ __o,_ he said, looking into my eyes. __ also needed to personally interview each of the CEOs myself. Needed to make sure each one was a good fit for you, and that whoever you worked for next was already married._ I opened my mouth to ask him if he was being serious, but he beat me to it. __es,_ he said, smirking. __es, I __eriously_ did need to do that._ __hat does the CEO being married have to do with anything, Michael? What if I have no interest in seeing you after I quit?_ __ou do, so we__e not even going to entertain that line of conversation._ He rolled his eyes. __f the CEO is already married, I won__ have to worry about __his_ happening at your next place of employment, and I can be somewhat less jealous._ __ow selfish of you._ I couldn__ believe him, but for some reason I couldn__ help the smile that was forming on my face.
Why would you turn right on a red light when we can all just sit here behind you waiting to die... #AHOLE
In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever he is in his own yard a man who is a nobody whenever he is in his employer__ yard.
As we look over the list of the early leaders of the republic, Washington, John Adams, Hamilton, and others, we discern that they were all men who insisted upon being themselves and who refused to truckle to the people. With each succeeding generation, the growing demand of the people that its elective officials shall not lead but merely register the popular will has steadily undermined the independence of those who derive their power from popular election. The persistent refusal of the Adamses to sacrifice the integrity of their own intellectual and moral standards and values for the sake of winning public office or popular favor is another of the measuring rods by which we may measure the divergence of American life from its starting point.
Our offices are filled with people working their lives out to enrich their boss, government or company.
Formal business situations are likely to be the least revealing because these are the times when all of us are most likely to have our __ame faces' on.
In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors - a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC.
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.
On 'The Office,' so much of the show is about disguising your true feelings and your romantic feelings because it was a mock documentary.
Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office.
And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office.
I'm not involved in politics, and I've never had any political role. I've never been in office. I've never taken any public administrative jobs.
I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office.
I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in.
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.
My mother still sends a cake to the office for my birthday.
We shot many films in Delhi that turned out to be successful at the box office. So the attachment is definitely on the positive side.