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"The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do."
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"It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics."

"The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay."

"The collective energy of everyone is what really made Business 2.0 exciting."

"These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television."

"That is the godawful thing about television today. Performers don't have any place to hit and miss. You're either in or you're out; you don't have a chance to become good at your craft. If you make three pictures in a row and they don't go over, you're out of the business."

"Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business."
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"When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read it, or you can't."


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