Bill Taylor Quotes
Run your business like you own it. When you trust people to solve problems and make decisions, and then let them go, that’s when the magic happens.
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I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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Where issues used to be, say, parochial or local in Ireland or England and so forth, all politics is global now because all business is global.
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Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems.
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The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.
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I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
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There is no longer any anonymity on the Web - unless we mandate it. The most personal information about your online habits is collected, bought and sold, often instantaneously and invisibly. Data collection is a business driven by profits at consumers' expense.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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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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I made the decision when I came to Seagram that it had to be OK that my public persona would be bad. It's the downside of a family business: anything good is because I'm somebody's son; otherwise, I'm a schmuck.
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L.A. has always had a ton of creative business people, but tech has always been trumped by Hollywood. Now Hollywood is realizing it needs to be smarter in tech. Hollywood is finally crossing over, and it's really going to charge L.A. to be the next tech center.
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It is really, really wonderful that in your old age you are protected by specialists who understand your problems and sort them out for you. Well, isn't that what we all need?
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It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to 'discover' a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing.
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Don't shop when you're hungry or in a grumpy mood. You need to feel happy and confident to make the best decisions.
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There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the creative process.
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No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
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If you have 'too big to fail' for cities or for states, and they believe they'll be bailed out, they'll continue to make unwise decisions.
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You have to remember a lot of business is very cyclical.
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If you're in the penaut business you learn to think small.
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Mangroves, salt marshes and sea grass lock away carbon at up to five times the rate of tropical forests.
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Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.
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Are we all unhappy with our true selves, and likes and follows are what give us value?
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Run your business like you own it. When you trust people to solve problems and make decisions, and then let them go, that’s when the magic happens.
