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One of the biggest lessons when it comes to working with friends and family is to have the confidence to fire your mother-in-law if need be. The way to keep issues with loved ones out of the boardroom is to create what I call a start-up prenup, a document that puts the rights and responsibilities of each partner on paper. It's OK to start a business with those you love, but make sure you have a plan if the love goes away. But too often I've seen the dreadful alternative. My advice is formalize your partnership agreement.
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The one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things a different way.
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The State Film Authority will be there for film as industry only, as is the case in all the other states, except Victoria. Victoria is moving more now into supporting non-commercial films.
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This is a tragedy for the players. Their careers are short and this is money and opportunity they'll never get back.
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In the studio, I always put on National Geographic for inspiration. Looking at lions eating gazelles, all that type of stuff.
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Welcome to science. You’re gonna like it here.
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It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.
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To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.
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Pathological liar' is absolutely the toughest individual to deal with as a psychiatrist. Because you can't take anything they say at face value. And you can't, you know, fill in their personality. You don't know what's real and what's not.
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Freedom requires guns.
