Steve Burke (Stephen B. Burke) Quotes
There are movies and TV shows I wish we didn't make, sure, but we're in the business of creating things that are not all going to work.
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My finances have been decimated by a group of people, such as my ex-attorney, my ex-business manager, and an estate planner, specifically. And they have conspired together to - to co-op my corporations, put in trustees without my knowledge.
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.
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The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.
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Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.
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Ukrainian business must really embrace global competition. We need to understand that competition for resources and clients is not with competitors from across the street or from another city, but with millions of businesses around the world.
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There are two different forms of storytelling: Novels tend to come from the inside of a character, and movies tend to look at them from the outside in relation to others in their world.
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What kind of business world are we living in?
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You know, I lose patience really easily; I'd rather shop in the grocery store than in the department store. I can pick an apple like nobody's business.
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As a CEO of a large company, clearly we need policies in the U.S. government that are pro-business, because at the end of the day, we all work within the framework of a country's policies.
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There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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I never cared about making one coherent masterpiece with a conventional narrative. I always wanted my movies to have images falling from all directions in a vaudevillian way. If you didn't like what was happening in one scene, you could just snooze through it until the next scene.
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The thing about this business is that you always end up finding these amazing stories and these amazing people who make amazing films. I just want to work with good people and keep challenging myself with different kinds of characters.
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There are plenty of movies that you need to chew on a bit. Movies that you return to and see something different in the second time around.
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I do read a lot. I read more than I watch movies.
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Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.
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They have so many great horror movies made in the '80s. I mean, the old-school horror is so good.
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The music business is filled with some nice people but a lot of strange people, so when you come across someone who's really genuine at an environment as bizarre as an awards show, you typically gravitate to them.
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She had a yearning to lose herself in this noisy throng of people going about the business of staying alive.
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I need pity. I know what I feel. Great place and business in the world is not worth looking after.
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When I first came into the business, I had to, for the sake of being able to sell myself as an artist, always be happy and jovial and smiling. I was the happy nice girl, and I am the happy nice girl, but I have my moments, too.
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Little did I know that the last words I would say on WNBC would be the last ones anyone would say.
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The soft complaining flute,In dying notes, discoversThe woes of hopeless lovers.
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There are movies and TV shows I wish we didn't make, sure, but we're in the business of creating things that are not all going to work.
