# Quote — Max Barry, Syrup

> “She’s such a bitch,” Tina says, which I find a little contradictory, but overall quite true. “She’s got to be in charge of everything.”
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> I sit next to her. “Well, I guess. But in business, that’s leadership.”
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> Tina stares at me for a second. “I can’t believe you consider that a positive trait. How about her inability to accept other points of view? Is it good leadership to be narrow, too?”
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> “Focus,” I say. “They call that focus.”
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> Tina stares at me. “Her paranoia?”
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> “Business savvy.”
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> “Compulsive need to have everything just how she wants it?”
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> “Organizational skills.”
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> “Aggressiveness?”
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> “Aggressiveness,” I say, “is already a good thing.”
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> “Jesus Christ,” Tina says, her eyebrow ring glinting in the morning sun. “Sometimes I worry about this country.”

- Author: [Max Barry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-barry.md)
- Book: [Syrup](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-barry/syrup.md)
- Page: 162
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-barry/syrup/shes-such-a-bitch

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> “You.” He stares at me for a second, then shakes his head. “You told me the truth.”
>
> I don’t know what to say. “Yeah.”
>
> “Scat,” he says, a pained expression on his face, “haven’t you learned anything?”

p. 292 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-barry/syrup/you-he-stares.md)

> mktg case study #13: mktg magazines
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> GIVE AWAY FREE CRAP (PREFERABLY ADVERTISER-SUPPLIED FREE CRAP). DOESN’T MATTER HOW WORTHLESS OR USELESS IT IS: SALES WILL RISE. STRANGE BUT TRUE.

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> “It’s all responsibility and no control,” 6 says. “The classic path to failure.”

p. 204 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-barry/syrup/its-all-responsibility.md)