Michael Ovitz Quotes
I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.
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No Catalan citizen and no Catalan company will leave the E.U. That is evident, and nobody can dispute it.
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You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.
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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
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The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.
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Rapunzel is a bit more relatable than the other princesses, especially because she doesn't even know that she's a princess until the very end of the movie. I like to think of her as the bohemian Disney princess. She's barefoot and living in a tower. She paints and reads... She's a Renaissance woman.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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Be careful not to start a company that really belongs as a feature of another company, like the 25 Twitter URL shortener companies out there. Pick a real problem that's here to stay.
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Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.
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Bofors was a steelmaker that became a forgings company and then went on to build guns. Companies like Krupp and Thyssen were in steel and forgings before entering defence. There are similar examples in the U.K.; it is a natural progression.
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In married life three is company and two none.
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Everybody that's employed by 'WWE' - the biggest wrestling company in the world - should be good wrestlers able to tell good stories.
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'Aladdin' was probably my favorite Disney animation when I was a kid. The animation was great and Robin Williams was unbelievable as the Genie. 'Aladdin' was an amazing adventure and the lead character was a hero for guys, which I loved. It wasn't a princess or a girl beating the odds; it was a street rat. That seemed really cool to me.
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We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.
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My grandfather was actually a union organizer at Walt Disney. He was an animator. He used to draw Donald Duck for Walt Disney.
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The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
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I'm often in the company of adults, so it's nice to meet girls my age or younger.
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I started out as a receptionist. I typed, I filed, I answered the phones for a little nine-person company.
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We were at this point of recognisability where we couldn't even walk around anymore... I was really socially anxious and strange.
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Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.
