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Da helseforetaksreformen ble vedtatt, var avbyråkratisering av sykehusdriften også et av argumentene. Men i den omtalte rapporten fra Kvinnsland-utvalget konkluderes det med at det har vært en konstant vekst i administrative stillinger. Veksten i denne kategorien har ikke vært særlig forskjellig fra aktivitetsveksten og den gjennomsnittlige veksten i antall stillinger i helseforetakene, skriver de. Men færre administratorer har det definitivt ikke blitt, og noen avbyråkratisering er det ikke mulig å finne spor av. Derimot har det blitt mange flere, høyt lønnede direktører.

— Den skjulte makta by Paul Bjerke

…that long nasal whine which meant that folk song was about to be perpetrated.

— Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #11)

Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiralling into a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example. They clearly must be created by their own believers, because a brief resume of the lives of most gods suggests that their origins certainly couldn't be divine. They tend to do exactly the things people would do if only they could, especially when it comes to nymphs, golden showers, and the smiting of your enemies.

— Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #11)

What makes the Counting Pines particularly noteworthy, however, is the way they count. Being dimly aware that human beings had learned to tell the age of a tree by counting the rings, the original Counting Pines decided that this was why humans cut trees down. Overnight every Counting Pine readjusted its genetic code to produce, at about eye-level on its trunk, in pale letters, its precise age. Within a year they were felled almost into extinction by the ornamental house number plate industry, and only a very few survive in hard-to-reach areas.

— Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #11)

Her propensity for receiving free merchandise quickly turned into a philosophy about women speaking up and taking communication back to basics. In the middle of the night, Alix changed her Instagram bio to #LetHerSpeak.

— Such a fun age by Nicole Lewis, Kiley Reid