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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I am surrounded by great people.
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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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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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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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I dreamed I was a soldier who could bring peace. Sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up.
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Politics is a game of compromise.
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Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease
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I was on a TV show about dancers for two and a half seasons called 'Bunheads' on ABC Family, and that was really fun for me because I'm a dancer in a real life.
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If the person you are trying to diagnose politically is some sort of intellectual, the chances are two to one he is a Democrat.
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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.
