Brian Grazer Quotes
You have to know the weeds - to have lived in them - to delegate. I wouldn't want to be a leader who had never lived in the weeds.
Quotes to Explore
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The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not, those who are greedy, whether they be rich or poor. That's a common thread through humanity on any street you go to.
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.
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Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.
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I love hard punch lines, and I like anything that has a strong point of view.
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.
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People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
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I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.
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To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of the House after the 2010 elections and grabbed onto the Senate filibuster. It's not the White House's fault that John Boehner couldn't deliver on a bigger deal.
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Big stories need human stakes.
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In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.
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When you lose a spouse, you're a widow or widower; when you lose your parents, you're an orphan. When you lose a child, there's no word in the English language for that position, that place that you're left.
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One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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Words, how little they mean when you're a little too late.
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Our lives today are not conducted in linear terms. They are much more quantified; a stream of random events is taking place.
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We hate most in others what we dislike in ourselves.
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No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.
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If I'm on a boat I will wave to every breathing thing I pass. If I'm not on a boat I try to avoid every breathing thing I pass.
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Obviously I've got to work hard to have my own label, but it all benefits me in a different kind of way. I can say "No," and nobody's going to be pissed off or breathe down my neck. I can draw the line and take breaks when I want to. I try not to. And getting to develop other artists is something I've always wanted to do.
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You have to know the weeds - to have lived in them - to delegate. I wouldn't want to be a leader who had never lived in the weeds.
