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> [As a director the first level of management is people. You have to deal with about 100 creative egos and make sure they subscribe to your vision and give you their best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoya-akhtar/as-a-director-the-first-level-of-management-is-people-you-have-to/)

[Zoya Akhtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoya-akhtar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/zoya-akhtar-9169_best_as-a-director-the-first-level-of-managem_1448312.jpg)

> [When I started, there were very few women at the managing director level and very few who had families, which is something that was important to me. So it's not like, when I looked up, I could say, 'Well, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-porat/when-i-started-there-were-very-few-women-at-the-managing-director/)

[Ruth Porat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-porat/)

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