Monday, September 6, 2010
ism
"The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur."
- Reputedly said by George W. Bush to Tony Blair
Labels:
delta kappa epsilon,
France,
george w. bush,
president,
texas,
tony blair
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
impressively trained and dedicated men
Riding a moose, 1900.
"[Theodore] Roosevelt's example, his style, and his administrative methods made it easy as it was necessary for him to persuade dozens of impressively trained and dedicated men to enter the service of the federal government. In an earlier generation, such men had scorned public life, largely then the preserve of the party faithful who in the discharge of their duties too rarely exhibited purpose, intelligence or energy. Determined to invigorate government, Roosevelt gave public office a fresh mission, 'to look ahead and plan out the right kind of civilization ... to develop from ... wonderful new conditions of vast industrial growth.' His youth and vigor, his zest in experience and in people, captured the imagination of his contemporaries and of younger men who might otherwise have been content, as their fathers had been, with careers in law firms, banks and executive suites. Roosevelt's practice of delegating responsibility to those he trusted also attracted his recruits. Just as he believed in using the full powers of his office, so did he urge them to use theirs."
- John Morton Blum, The Progressive Presidents, p.45
Friday, September 3, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
on directing
"I hire you. You know what you're doing. I know what I'm doing. Let's go make a movie."
- Morgan Freeman on Clint Eastwood's directing philosophy where single and second takes are common where the industry average can be five of six takes.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
on self-direction
"When you direct yourself, you usually have a crappy director."
- A thirty-two year old Jack Nicholson, photographed in 1969
Monday, August 30, 2010
shoes
Peter York looks at the development of marketing here:
[In the 1970s] Our reports were more fancy essays, involving intelligent taxonomies, elaborate conceits and a lot of art references. We wouldn’t have called it marketing then because that generic sailed too close to the cheery, cheesy world of promotions, direct mail and what advertising people called below-the-line; in other words, little better than sales.
When I set up in business with a partner, we described what we did as “research-based strategy”, aligning ourselves with the coming world of management consultancy. We chose not to align ourselves with advertising, the more obviously glamorous front end of marketing. Ad-land seemed a bit rackety. I’d learnt my MR trade before I wrote a word of journalism, but it came in handy, especially the taxonomy part – what we called “market segmentation” – when we described people, what they wanted out of life and how it explained their shoes.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
modus operandi
"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."
- Alfred Hitchcock [1899-1980]
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
search for enlightenment
"All of modern philosophy consists of unlocking, exhuming and recanting what has been said before."
- V.S. Ramachandran
Monday, August 23, 2010
therapy
PSYCHOLOGIST
Yes. The pressures you feel, and again, I am neither labeling nor judging them, are keeping you from fulfilling your potential -- you're in a rut. So stop the Tom Foolery -- the Shenanigan's, Will.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
improvisation
"Performing with Fred Willard is like following someone in a car who doesn't use turn signals - you never know where you're going."
- Martin Mull
Friday, August 20, 2010
span
"If you live long enough and don't embarrass yourself too much, people will take you sort of seriously."
- Bill Murray
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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