"Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire."

-- T. Boone Pickens

#Fall Quotes #Fire Quotes #Decision Quotes

“Be careful what you say. It comes true. It comes true. I had to leave home in order to see the world logically, logic the new way of seeing. I learned to think that mysteries are for explanation. I enjoy the simplicity. Concrete pours out of my mouth to cover the forests with freeways and sidewalks. Give me plastics, periodical tables, TV dinners with vegetables no more complex than peas mixed with diced carrots. Shine floodlights into dark corners: no ghosts.”
“Part of what attracted me to the village was it had a lot of parallels to contemporary issues. Like, fear and the way fear controls us. How the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear. They might mean well by it, but we are conditioned to be afraid of things. Fear of the unknown. Fear of terrorism. And it's unfortunate.”

Source : Roundtable interview, www.ign.com. July 30, 2004.
“The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.”
“When you're casting, you have to do quite a bit of research. But I always think you have to do it with a pinch of salt with actors, because it's so unfair to pigeonhole them and so often they are. I try to be as open as possible and if people are really interested and really want to have a go, then let's get them in and see them.”
“Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.”
“If you don't build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.”
“The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on.”
“To enjoy the world without judgment is what a realized life is like.”

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