#rod

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#must #officials #produce #promise #propose

So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. ↗

— June Jordan

#among #becomes #between #dialogue #each

A company like DreamWorks, all we do is make product. That's all we do. We don't own distribution. We are purely in the creation of content. ↗

— Jeffrey Katzenberg

#content #creation #distribution #dreamworks #like

Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to talk to actors and understand them, and I don't. It's a very different way of being in the world, and I much prefer writing and producing. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#appeal #being #different #different way #direct

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph. ↗

— Ken Kesey

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Let's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the same staff, if the only thing that's different between you and me is the products we can get, and I can get a better product than you, I'm going to be a better chef. ↗

— Thomas Keller

#between #capabilities #chef #different #energy

Then, as the day progresses, depending on how the product is coming in - for instance, the fish man will fax us and say black bass is great - throughout the day, we'll also make judgment calls and adapt to what's available. ↗

— Thomas Keller

#also #available #bass #black #calls

I remember working with Rod, though, on Chrysler Hour. I was too young and dumb to know that I was supposed to be scared of anybody or anything - like getting fired or anything like that. ↗

— Sally Kellerman

#anything #chrysler #dumb #fired #getting

Chemistry is not anything an executive producer or writer can orchestrate or plan; you just hope for it. ↗

— David E. Kelley

#chemistry #executive #executive producer #hope #just