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" I'd rather be respected than loved. "
Eli Broad
Than
Rather
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" 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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" In America, what you've accomplished financially is a measurement, whether you like it or not. "
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" School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs. "
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" 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. "
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" Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before. "
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" 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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" Collecting is more than just buying objects. "
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" 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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" You always learn lessons in business. "
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Always
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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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" I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business. "
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" 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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" 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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" Philanthropy is activism. "
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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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" It's hard to explain your emotions when you see a work of art. "
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" The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps. "
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Started
" 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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" Teach For America provides one of the most critical pipelines for bringing new talent into public education. "
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" I believe in two things: One, Andrew Carnegie said, 'He who dies with wealth dies in shame.' And someone once said, 'He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.' "
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" The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels. "
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" 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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" You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school. "
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" The unions no longer control the education agenda of the Democratic Party. "
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" Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people. "
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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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" I think the opera is one of the great cultural jewels of Los Angeles. "
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" Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will they send their stuff to Memphis? No. "
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" You don't support politicians in their elections if whoever's seeking money only has a goal to stay in office or get in office. You have to pick the people who are going to do the best job. "
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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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