Douglas Leone Quotes
I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a company before the entrepreneur.
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
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I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.
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Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.
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After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.
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Every day, I wake up and say, 'Good Morning, Jesus.'
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I find it frustrating when people wear belts with braces. That's an interesting one.
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I was a big fan of the Tim Burton films. I really liked the character. And I remember thinking the Batmobile was very cool.
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When songs make me wanna throw up, it makes me ashamed to even be in the same genre as those songs.
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I come from a mixed family, where my mother is art house cinema and my father is B-movie genre cinema. They're estranged, and I've been trying to bring them together for all of my career to one degree or another.
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Let me be absolutely clear: Iran is a grave threat.
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'Malthus,', says Vice President Al Gore in Earth in the Balance, 'was right in predicting that the population would grow geometrically.' Al, as the father of four children, should know.
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The artists is responsible for his history and his nature, his history is part of his nature.
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I sound like an old bullfrog when I sing.
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That's the thing that I'm really most proud of: that I'm still... people still would like to see me. I love seeing them.
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Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment for prisoners under their control.
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When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it.
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I would encourage everyone in their first job not to ask themselves, 'Where do I want to be?' but 'What do I want to learn from this?' Use that opportunity to be a sponge.
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I saw the original that Gela Babluani wrote and directed called '13 Tzameti,' and that was very interesting. I believe it was a French film, and I was just intrigued by the awkwardness; the off-beatness of the film really just grasped me.
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A racing driver has to be a good driver.
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It's easy when you have suffered to feel the link with what others have gone through.
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I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a company before the entrepreneur.
