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" I don't think it makes any sense for an individual to invest in common stocks unless they know the company, work at the company, and so on. "
Eli Broad
Work
Think
Individual
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" My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was a Van Gogh drawing of two peasant houses in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. "
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Wife
Important
" I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business. "
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Film
Sure
" The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school. "
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" I believe that a newspaper is a great civic asset and that ownership is best in the hands of foundations or wealthy families that want to own it for reasons other than maximizing profits. I also believe newspapers should remain in local hands. "
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Believe
" Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid. "
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Just
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" Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it. "
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America
Get
" I've got a big ego, I admit it; I'm ego-driven. "
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Got
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" 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. "
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" 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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Work
Debt
Go
" I don't like to spend time in endless meetings talking about stuff that isn't going to get anything done. I have meetings, but they're short, prompt and to the point. "
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Short
Talking
Time
" People would rather have art or gold instead of paper money. "
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Art
Rather
" Philanthropy is activism. "
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Activism
Philanthropy
" 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. "
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Most
Art
Money
" 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. "
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School
Teachers
High School
" I believe in the democratization of the arts. What do I mean by that? I think museums, with some exceptions, have a responsibility to educate a much broader public. "
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Believe
Responsibility
Arts
" Being a Midwesterner, I know that many of the middle-class manufacturing jobs that had been at the heart of our economy are either gone or going, and they're not coming back. "
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Gone
Manufacturing
Know
" If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status quo. I want to help people, to work with institutions or create ones when they don't exist. "
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People
Make A Difference
Help
" How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook. "
Eli Broad
Phones
Students
Cell Phones
" If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate. "
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Me
Like
Want
" Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before. "
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Because
Been
Doing
" 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. "
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Fat
Children
People
" I think over any period of time, especially if you don't use leverage, it is difficult to continually beat the S&P 500. "
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Difficult
Beat
You
" School boards are, for the most part,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about. "
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See
Parents
People
" Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated. "
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Education
Today
School
" I'm naturally curious, and I read four newspapers a day. "
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Read
Four
Day
" I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together. "
Eli Broad
Strong
Best
Working Together
" I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast. "
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Business
Breakfast
Connections
" 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. "
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Want
Change
New York
" 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. "
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Succeed
Teachers
Workplace
" I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers. "
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Bored
Time
My Time