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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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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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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Civil rights is unfinished business. Make it your business.
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Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth.
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If you use your old business models to restrict people, they're going to find ways to get that content the way they want it.
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I have the idea that running shoes are based on a kind of cult idea - that our feet are flawed and we need shoes to correct those flaws. The shoe companies are in the business of selling shoes. But there's no evidence from running shoe manufacturers that they're right. There's no scientific data that running shoes reduce injury.
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The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But it is not a game for the stupid, the mentally lazy, the person of inferior emotional balance, or the get-rich-quick adventurer. They will die poor.
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The only way to stop the erosion in network television is to come up with shows that are very popular.
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I like dressing how I like to dress, and I look like a little art statement.
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It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.
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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.
