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American - Businessman Born: June 6, 1933

You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.

Good You Great School

How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook.

Classroom Students Phones Cell Phones

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

Best You Think Meet

Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before.

Me People Yourself Charity

Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.

People Improvement Research Will

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.

Work You People Want

Philanthropy is activism.

Philanthropy Activism

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

Education School College Dream

Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.

Success Moving On Me Moment

The biggest barrier we've seen to student progress is this: School policies and practices often prevent good teachers from doing great work and even dissuade some talented Americans from entering the profession. This needs to change.

Work Good Change Great

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Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.

Beauty Art Emotion Thing

Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed.

Teachers Succeed Create Workplace

Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will they send their stuff to Memphis? No.

Will Something Louvre Get

I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.

Best You Together Working Together

The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.

End First Started Until

In America, what you've accomplished financially is a measurement, whether you like it or not.

You America Like Measurement

Collecting is more than just buying objects.

More Just Than Buying

People think it's strange how briskly I move through museums. Sure, I could stand in front of each piece and stare at it for a good long time. But that's not me.

Good Me Time People

The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.

Problems See I See Delegate

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

Death Time Lawyers Bored

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.

Change World New Want

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

History Great City Always

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.

Depression People Parents Child

You don't support politicians in their elections if whoever's seeking money only has a goal to stay in office or get in office. You have to pick the people who are going to do the best job.

Best Money You People

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

Me People Want Like

I don't like to spend time in endless meetings talking about stuff that isn't going to get anything done. I have meetings, but they're short, prompt and to the point.

Time Short Talking Done

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