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"You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader."

"I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest."

"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."

"If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me."
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"Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day."


"I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent."


"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go."


"There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them."


"I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch could have more?"


"My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house."


"What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering, black and white myth on a screen, it is a resonant story. I want the audience to recognize themselves in these men. They're not just mythic heroes."


"It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope."


"There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while."
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