Rupert Murdoch Quotes
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I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.
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In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.
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I've operated and launched newspapers all over the world.
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It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.
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Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.
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My father left me with a clear sense that the media was something different.
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We must have sweeping, generous immigration reform, make existing law- abiding Hispanics welcome. Most are hard working family people.
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I have never asked a prime minister for anything.
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Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality.
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You've got to look for a gap, where competitors in a market have grown lazy and lost contact with the readers or the viewers.
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My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks up its cues from the Times. And local papers do too. It has a huge influence. And we'd love to challenge it.
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One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business.
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The current days of the Internet will soon be over.
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The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.
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All forms of government ultimately are not going to succeed in trying to control or censor the Internet.
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Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible.
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Monopoly is a terrible thing, till you have it.
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We're not spending enough money, but probably we let the teachers unions set curriculas which don't teach them the right things. There's not emphasis on the ...the basic learning that you need if you're going to go on in a college and into post-graduate work.
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Everybody at home speaks mandarin except me.
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The reality is that we've seen the last of any serious price wars for a long time. I don't think any of the others could afford it, certainly not on a long-term basis.
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The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
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We're not a manufacturer, or an airline, but we do use energy. Printing and publishing newspapers, producing films and television programs, operating 24-hour newsrooms. It all adds carbon to the atmosphere.
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I have to admit that, until recently, I was somewhat wary of the (global) warming debate. I believe it is now our responsibility to take the lead on this issue.
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CNN is pretty consistently on the left, if you look at their choice of stories, what they play up. It's not what they say. It's what they highlight.