Jay Samit Quotes
My job is to hire the best and brightest employees and empower them to do their best work. As a manager, I am not a mind reader nor an expert at every job function. Therefore, it is incumbent on all hires to feel empowered to tell me what resources they need to do their job.
Quotes to Explore
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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Our mission is to help founders and anyone or anything that helps founders helps us with our mission.
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Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
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The key to good grilling is to recognize that you are setting yourself up to cook in a whole new environment. This is actually one of the main purposes of grilling - to get yourself outside.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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I think that liberals need to grow up.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.
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For a film to be viable, it has to survive this process of scrutiny. I think most filmmakers have obsessive-compulsive tendencies and would be completely unemployable in any other job - so it's great to be able to channel your psychological anomalies into something productive and creative.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.
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I warn young people that I interact with about this - you get into unrealistic expectations where you think that, "Oh, we're gonna eliminate racism like that. After Obama's elected how could there be any racism?".
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My job is to hire the best and brightest employees and empower them to do their best work. As a manager, I am not a mind reader nor an expert at every job function. Therefore, it is incumbent on all hires to feel empowered to tell me what resources they need to do their job.
