- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look Quotes
On perspective, hindsight and how we choose to see things.
The quotes here range from looking back on a career with no regrets to noticing how children in very different places can end up facing strikingly similar struggles. For more on outlook, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm old, I'd like to wake up in the morning and not really do anything - just be happy to exist. I'd like to look at my accomplishments and sit back and revel in my own achievement.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look back at 2003, it was the best year I've ever had creatively: having 'Transatlanctism' and 'Give Up come' out in the course of six months. I'll never have another year like that.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look - this is the terror of being a founder & CEO. It is all your fault. Every decision, every person you hire, every dumb thing you buy or do - ultimately, you're at the end.
- Executing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you look at a company that's already succeeded or is at the very top of its game, it isn't necessarily when it's executing well. It tends to be peacetime - you've defeated the competition, you have the highest margins, the highest multiple.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big companies have trouble with innovation. Innovation is about bad ideas, or ideas that look like bad ideas. That's the fundamental thing.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no question that I've made mistakes along the way when you look at recruiting in terms of evaluations of players or character in an instance or two.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that things are always going to work out, even if in the beginning it doesn't look like they are working out. I know in the long run they are going to work out, and it's going to be fine.
- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020
As attorney general, I can either look into it or I can ignore it because they're a bunch of powerful legislators... and I'm afraid they're going to cut my budget.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know most players do, but I always keep both eyes opened. I still do it. I see two shafts, the real one and the transparent one. I look for what's on the inside edge of the transparent one.
- Amazing Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 'Supernatural,' you go to a location and another location, and every week they do amazing things up there. You have to kind of hit the ground running and really start to look to the core of the story you're trying to tell.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the morning, I look at my calendar and think about whether things that aren't critical can be moved to the next week.
- Nov 07, 2020