Brian Grazer Quotes
Asking for people's help - rather than directing it - is almost always the smart way of doing things, regardless of the stakes.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
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In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was trying to take office in 2006.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
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As I've gotten older, I've become much more effective at seeking and accepting help and bringing other people into the discussion. You start to understand that you can't control or fix everything on your own.
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I was inspired to spend an entire year - my 65th year - reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu's messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.
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There are definitely a lot of creative people I want to work with. I wanna work with Drake!
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Asking for people's help - rather than directing it - is almost always the smart way of doing things, regardless of the stakes.
