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" Collecting is more than just buying objects. "
Eli Broad
Just
Buying
Collecting
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" The happiest people I've found are in science. These people have three times the IQ - maybe I'm exaggerating. They have a higher IQ than I do. They love what they're doing, they have a good family life, they're satisfied. "
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Love
Life
Good
" I can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't? Now with securitization the homeowner can't go to the owner of the loan and work things out. "
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Debt
Go
" The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change. "
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Progress
Work
" Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid. "
Eli Broad
You
Just
Minutes
" The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels. "
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Problems
I See
Delegate
" Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before. "
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Because
Been
Doing
" Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before. "
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Yourself
Charity
Me
" Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed. "
Eli Broad
Succeed
Teachers
Workplace
" What artists think about the world is often different from how we businessmen see it, and I find that an enriching experience. "
Eli Broad
Experience
World
Find
" It's critical that states improve how teachers are trained, recruited, evaluated, compensated, advanced, and retained. "
Eli Broad
Critical
Teachers
States
" Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people. "
Eli Broad
Doubt
People
Improvement
" Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline. "
Eli Broad
Art
Arts
Discipline
" In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned. "
Eli Broad
School
Teachers
High School
" Los Angeles is one of the four cultural capitals of the world, but we don't attract as many cultural tourists as New York, London or Paris. I want to change that. "
Eli Broad
Want
Change
New York
" For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: 'How can we provide value to our customers?' At the end of the day, that is what matters. "
Eli Broad
Need
Day
End
" Philanthropy is activism. "
Eli Broad
Activism
Philanthropy
" Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge. "
Eli Broad
Anything
Want
Time
" Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts. "
Eli Broad
People
Lawyers
Business
" I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center. "
Eli Broad
History
Great
City
" I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours. "
Eli Broad
Three
Meetings
Stay
" I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers. "
Eli Broad
Bored
Time
My Time
" Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge. "
Eli Broad
Moving On
Success
Challenge
" The American people frankly have been, over many, many years - to be blunt - fat, dumb and happy. If they want their children to compete with children in India, China or Korea, they better get them a far better education. "
Eli Broad
Fat
Children
People
" Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it. "
Eli Broad
City
America
Get
" If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts. "
Eli Broad
You
Management
Rules
" Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money really to acquire art, with few exceptions. "
Eli Broad
Most
Art
Money
" People think it's strange how briskly I move through museums. Sure, I could stand in front of each piece and stare at it for a good long time. But that's not me. "
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Think
Stand
Me
" To me, unconventional thinking is approaching a problem and asking, 'Why not? Why can't something be done?' If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it. "
Eli Broad
Done
Problem
Good
" I'd rather be respected than loved. "
Eli Broad
Than
Rather
Loved
" The unions no longer control the education agenda of the Democratic Party. "
Eli Broad
Education
Unions
Control