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I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.

~Eli Broad

Topics: All My Time Bankers Bored Death Lawyers My Time Other Spent Time

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Los Angeles is one of the four cultural capitals of the world, but we don't attract as many cultural tourists as New York, London or Paris. I want to change that.

~Eli Broad

Topics: Angeles Attract Change Cultural Four London Los Los Angeles Many New New York Paris Tourists Want World York

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I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.

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Topics: Always Believed Center City Every Great Great City History Needs Vibrant

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People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.

~Eli Broad

Topics: Born Child Conscience Deep Depression Got Know Liberal Parents People Social Very Views Were

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If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status quo. I want to help people, to work with institutions or create ones when they don't exist.

~Eli Broad

Topics: Ask Create Difference Exist Help Help People Institutions Just Maintain Make Make A Difference People Quo Status Status Quo Want Why Work You

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Philanthropy is activism.

~Eli Broad

Topics: Activism Philanthropy

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If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.

~Eli Broad

Topics: Because Criticize Fine Inaccurate Just Like Me Papers People Sells Want

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I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

~Eli Broad

Topics: Business Even Film Film Business Sure Want

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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.

~Eli Broad

Topics: Around Art Artwork Become Bought Collector Drawing Family First Gogh Houses Important Interested Peasant Two Until Van Van Gogh Wife

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I've become convinced that Los Angeles is going to become the next contemporary art capital - no other city has more contemporary gallery space than Los Angeles. We've come into our own, finally.

~Eli Broad

Topics: Angeles Art Become Capital City Come Contemporary Contemporary Art Convinced Finally Gallery Going Los Los Angeles More Next Other Our Own Space Than

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: June 6th, 1933

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