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Michael Ovitz

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Michael Steven Ovitz is an American businessman. He was a talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995.

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Michael Steven Ovitz is an American businessman. He was a talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995. Ovitz later served as president of The Walt Disney Company for 16 months, from October 1995 to January 1997.

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Quotes by Michael Ovitz

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

Always

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The unknown is always interesting.

Always

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Football is the No. 1 sport in America.

America

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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…

Always

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I'm not one to speak about myself. I like to speak about the people around me.

About

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

Climbing

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

Any

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It's not about money. The money will flow. It's about power and influence.

Flow

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When I was at U.C.L.A., I worked my way through school as a tour guide at Universal Studios, and I came in…

Agency

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I believe sometimes I make some mistakes. And I don't think they are life-threatening mistakes.

Believe

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The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the entertainment industry.

Entertainment

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

Business

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I must say that in my early years, I was incredibly aggressive. I was working as hard as I could to build…

Aggressive

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My whole life has been about risk and reward.

About

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In student government in high school, I learned how to deal with people, and in college I studied Eastern philosophy. I'm also…

Also

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All of us are probably three people. We're probably the person that we think we are, and we're probably the person that…

Balance

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I'm interested in what's new. I'm interested in change. I'm interested in a different game in life.

Change

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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…

Attention

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

Able

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

Banking

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