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When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.

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The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.

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Hollywood is a small, familial place. Everyone does business with everybody else. The same complications occur in investment banking.

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A lot of drive is innate, self-perpetuated, reinforced energy. As a kid, I could always sell anything I could get my hands on - from newspapers to lemonade to 'TV Guide.' I knew how to make a presentation.

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I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.

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I have never run a public company. I spent my entire life working for a private company.

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I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.

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I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.

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My whole life has been about risk and reward.

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Football is the No. 1 sport in America.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: December 14th, 1946

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