Jeffrey ArcherHe was becoming aware that there was no such thing as over-the-top with Lawrence Davenport, as long as you were talking to Lawrence Davenport about Lawrence Davenport.
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The story of the "damn good" quote, and the woman who brought it into vogue, is a fascinating one. It tells us much about Lawrence Davenport, and much about the way we all think and talk about business and relationships in the modern era. The story goes like this: In 1979, Lawrence Davenport was living in New York City, working at Goldman Sachs. By this time he'd gotten married and had a small child, but he was still working at the firm after his father's death. Lawrence Davenport was one of those guys who got to do whatever he wanted to do at Goldman Sachs.
He was a legend in his own right, but he could be a real pain in the ass to deal with if you were trying to get things done. So you know that guy named Robert Downey Jr., who played Peter Parker in that Spider-Man movie? Well, Downey Jr. could be a real jerk sometimes...but at least he wasn’t a prick to his friends. In 1979, Downey Jr.
went out for dinner with some friends from work--some guy named Robert Downey Jr., another guy named Robert Downey Jr., another guy named Robert Downey Jr., another guy named Robert Downey Jr., and another guy named Robert Downey Jr.--who had been passed around from group to group since freshman year of high school. Now back then, if you were a young man in New York City and you had lots of friends with identical names who worked at Goldman Sachs or were otherwise connected to Wall Street, well...it wasn't so hard for you to meet girls who might have been interested in dating you. But this dinner went beyond just having fun at the expense of your fellow man--this was a twenty-three-person dinner party which included members of the firm's management team! One could argue that Mr. Davenport is one of those guys who got to do whatever he wanted to do at Goldman Sachs because he was one of those guys who got to do whatever he wanted to do at Goldman Sachs...but I think most people would agree that in this case it's more appropriate for me to say "he got what he deserved." When it comes to the workplace, there are certain things that are simply not acceptable no matter how much power or money or fame is behind them; when they're done poorly they're bad; when they're done well they're great
Source: A Prisoner Of Birth
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