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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.

Source: Parkinson's Law, or The Pursuit of Progress, Directors and Councils, 1958.
-- C Northcote Parkinson, (Jul 30 1909-1993), Brtitish historian, philosopher; He was the formulator of Parkinson's Law, the satiric dictum that Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

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