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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It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules.
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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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Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
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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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Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love.
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I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy.
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You look at 1968 and it was truly the year that shook the world. The world was really completely upside down.
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I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children.
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For me, style is about how you feel that day and what inspires you, as well as taking chances and making mistakes. Everything has to be comfortable. If things are too tight or too constricting, I feel out of my element.
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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.
