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I do not view this as a negative opinion from a corporate governance standpoint. It should not make those who ignore their responsibilities happy nor should it discourage those who seek greater levels of oversight of directors,


Charles Elson

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CHARLES DICKENS At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will al...
CHARLES DARWIN To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new ...
CHARLES DARWIN False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false v...
CHARLES DARWIN I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.
CHARLES DARWIN On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explan...
CHARLES DARWIN Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.
CHARLES DARWIN How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.
CHARLES DARWIN Economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research and University of Chicago persuasively argue ...
CHARLES DUHIGG Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.
CHARLES RICHARDS There is a calculus, it turns out, for mastering our subconscious urges. For companies like Target, ...
CHARLES DUHIGG You've got to take the road you need to take, and only you can make that calculation. Not your d...
CHARLES SCHWAB All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE