Peter Guber Quotes
Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter - we're tribal by nature. Tribes today aren't the same as tribes thousand of years ago: It isn't just religious tribes or ethnic tribes now: It's sports fans, it's communities, it's geography.
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I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
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Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
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You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're going on, the people who actually keep the government running are let alone to go about their business. Good old sex scandals.
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I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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The short hair fits my personality more. I think maybe, with long hair, it was a role - I was playing dress-up a bit.
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I had to let my ego go a long time ago.
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I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move.
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When you're a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic - everything relates back to you and how you play. When you are getting out of pro sports, you suddenly have to get a little more mindful of what's going on around you and how you affect the rest of the world.
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Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
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I feel like I know so little, and I just hope I get to live so long. I came to puberty late; it's all been late.
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As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.
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We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.
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BoomTown has long been a big fan of Martha Stewart.
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As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don't let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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The U.S. tries to provide immigrants who grow up here with a world-class education and imbue them with the can-do attitude that has long defined American innovation.
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Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house.
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Skydiving - I love to do that.
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I'm a little bit of a germophobe - not that bad!
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Barack Obama tends to poll better than he performs. The bottom line is, don't trust the polls. With all due respect to our pollsters, they might not tell us anything.
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Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter - we're tribal by nature. Tribes today aren't the same as tribes thousand of years ago: It isn't just religious tribes or ethnic tribes now: It's sports fans, it's communities, it's geography.
