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" We don't see the Lifetime brand as just a television brand. We see it as a female media brand. It has to represent what she is interested in, up and down the spectrum, in all kinds of content. "

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" 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. "

Nancy Dubuc

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" We knew in our gut that History needed to be more than a timeline. "

Nancy Dubuc

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" It takes a long time for things to get off the ground. "

" A+E Networks has been my home for over a decade. I am so proud of these brands and my A+E colleagues who are truly the best in the business. "

" 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. "

" When you meet a veteran, thank them for their service. "

" You had a generation of women, of which I'm part, where it was a stigma to be associated with feminism; there was a backlash. Now you have a generation that is clearly embracing feminism because, at the end of the day, the definition of feminism is just equality. "

" 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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" Both of my grandfathers served in World War II, both in the Pacific. One wouldn't talk about it, and one would. "

" I'm a very goal-oriented person, and work is really rewarding. It's how I take care of my family, and ultimately, I'm never going to let that responsibility fall to anybody but myself. "

" You have to follow the consumer, and the consumer will be in control. "

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" 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. "

" It's a terrible thing to say, but I hated school. I'm very ADD, and my report card always said, 'If only she performed to her potential.' "

" We knew that bringing a level of entertainment value to the subject of history was the key to our success. "

" My focus - even before becoming CEO - has always been memorable and unique content. And one of the most important things we did to reinforce that was create A+E Studios. "

" One of our secret-sauce powers is that our people don't just write checks and place the ads, but our employees go the extra mile to get things done. "

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

" Lifetime never had any unscripted shows, really. It just had 'Project Runway,' which was a bit of an island. "

" I run a creative company, and the best way to support creatives is to make them fearless and willing to take big swings. That is an important part of our culture at A&E Networks. "

" I think that the strategy around FYI is really a corporate strategy, and that's that every one of our brands that we invest in have to matter and that we need to commit to building brands and investing in those brands, or we need to get out of that business. "

" My interests were more extracurricular, more external, and more social than they were academic. My birthday is also in December, so I was one of the older kids. That meant I learned social leadership early on. I was always just much better in a team and work environment than I was in a classroom environment. "

" 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. "

" There needs to be a bigger focus on creative innovation versus business models and cash flow. "

" We'd all like to be in the business where we don't have to report our numbers, too. You're dealing with a Netflix and an Amazon that don't have to report their viewership. They're not sharing those numbers, so how do you work with a creative entity to renegotiate future seasons when nobody has metrics? "

" We aren't afraid to take creative risks, which is the main ingredient in our recipe for change. "

" Writing a check is easy. The opportunity for real change happens when there's a person who comes to you with real passion to create a movement. "

" We have a powerful portfolio of brands that are well-positioned for future growth, both domestically and internationally. "

" So much of our audience is on mobile and online platforms, but there's something special, unique, and unexpected about engaging with such great content at the street level. "

" I'm not a very patient person. "

" 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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