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" I'm not a very patient person. I'll take those quick risks to see if it's going to work versus taking the long and tortuous road of trying to guarantee myself that something will work. That's like self-mutilation to me. "

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" It's hard for me to accept the argument that millennials are not watching TV. I'm not one to believe that our culture of TV consumption is changing dramatically. It's just how we consume and where we consume it that's changing. "

Nancy Dubuc

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Culture

" You can't manage the creative process on a quarterly basis. The way we're structured has really helped us grow. "

" You can never rest on what you did yesterday; it's old. "

" We have to take a really close look at making sure that we are more surgical and more tailored in dealing with the production community and our producing partners. "

Nancy Dubuc

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" I think it's important for History to keep experimenting with their shows. The more documentary-driven, the returning series, are the bottom of the iceberg under the ocean that keeps it moving, and then it's important to take those swings and see if we can ignite a spark with new audiences. "

" It's always strange to get an honor from people who are the ones that should be honored. "

" When I stepped into the Lifetime role in 2010, I did a listening tour of what was going on for women in this country. There was such a parallel in Hollywood with women talking about how there are stories that are not getting made and that talented young women are not getting the opportunity to direct and write. "

" The History brand has long been a supporter of not only our troops but organizations that support our troops. "

" A show could be 10 minutes, seven minutes, 94 minutes. We just need to tell the stories that need to be told. "

" Personally, I feel a strong responsibility to make sure that we have women equally represented in our executive suites and that we employ women in front of and behind the camera and in our writers' rooms. "

" My heart has always been in programming and marketing. "

" In the media business and as a creative executive, if you don't take risks, you're dead in the water. Calculated risk taking is essential for success. No one said it was easy. "

" Successful shows will always generate great business deals in the future. "

" I think we all have to ask ourselves, as leaders, do we have the right processes in place for complaints to be filed and for people to feel protected? "

" We're not seeing enough women rising to the top. "

" We need to get rid of bullying. We need to get rid of abuse. We need to get rid of harassment. We need to get rid of the casting couch. Instead, we need to build the bench. "

" With a strong foundation in scripted programming firmly established by 'Army Wives' and 'Drop Dead Diva,' Lifetime is aggressively expanding its drama series development plate with powerful programs from creative auspices who have strong pedigrees in producing stand-out programming. "

" We're trying to create the connections of today that become the next generation's memories of tomorrow. "

" From Abby Lee Miller's intensity and her students' incredible performances to their devoted moms and its high drama, 'Dance Moms' has become one of the most compelling shows on television. "

" 'The Hatfields and McCoys' is a classic tale of American history. These are names that are widely recognized, yet few people know the real story that made them famous. "

" The perseverance and the strength and the determination and the sacrifice that so many millions of people have had to endure to form this country is far greater than anything that we can really imagine. "

" We know romance novels are a huge thing. Can we do a romance novel show on our network? I'm not sure. "

" We were an entertainment brand, and if we were going to compete in an era of incredible growth in the cable industry, I felt we actually needed to be entertaining. "

" It's not enough just to put great television shows out anymore. "

" Taking action against a show because of one individual's behavior could put hundreds of jobs in jeopardy. "

" There are very few black-and-white truths in management or in business, but one that I have found is that people either hire people who are smarter than them, or people hire people they can control. "

" The beauty of the media business is all about what is next. You put your mistakes behind you. Learn from them and move on to the next project. Having some degree of success is integral to a risk-taking balance. "

" It's an honor to be the only woman in the room a lot of times, but I wish I weren't the only woman in the room. I still have to think in a calculated way about how to speak and what to speak about. "

" I know that when I'm watching a drama that I love, I'm disappointed when it's over at the end of an hour. "

" It doesn't make any sense for us to do a scripted series if it's not going to be big, so we have to be really disciplined about them. "

Nancy Dubuc

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