Mike Binder Quotes
Early on, I joined that large group of show business cadets who were 'multi-hyphenates,' 'independents,' 'self produced' or 'alternately financed.' Sometimes, most times, I've had to do it all: raise the money, write the script, produce, direct and act in the film.
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Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.
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Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.
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In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.
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I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.
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When we stop running up huge budget deficits and start acting responsibly in Washington, we will provide small-business owners with the certainty they need to put Americans back to work.
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You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you're an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party... My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other.
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I'm the guy who's started businesses, I've been a small business owner. I've employed hundreds of Pennsylvanians. I know how to get jobs moving in the private sector, rein in the excesses in Washington, and bring some balance to a town that's lost all balance.
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When I started teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, no field-based courses in strategic philanthropy existed.
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The hardest part about this business is accepting the back end with the same love that you accepted the front end.
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My father believed strongly, and taught me, that you can't let yourself get too high on a success or too low on a failure. In this volatile business, that's useful to know.
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I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know.
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Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition.
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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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Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
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A textual critic engaged upon his business is not at all like Newton investigating the motions of the planets: he is much more like a dog hunting for fleas. If a dog hunted for fleas on mathematical principles, basing his researches on statistics of area and population, he would never catch a flea except by accident.
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If you say you're fat, all of a sudden people like you!
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At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.
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I've interviewed people where their response was literally one word for everything I asked. This didn't help me get to know them, nor did it sell me on their skill set to help my company achieve its goals. I got nothing from them, which meant I had no way of knowing if they were really a good fit in the company.
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I love exercise, but I find it boring doing the same thing all the time, so I fluctuate between going to the gym, doing Pilates, and taking dance lessons.
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Early on, I joined that large group of show business cadets who were 'multi-hyphenates,' 'independents,' 'self produced' or 'alternately financed.' Sometimes, most times, I've had to do it all: raise the money, write the script, produce, direct and act in the film.
