"Nothing drew me to the film business. I……" — Peter Guber
"Nothing drew me to the film business. I was propelled by the fear and anxiety of Vietnam. I had been drafted into the Marines. My brother was already serving in Vietnam. I bought, if you will, a stay of execution - both literally and figuratively - and went on to graduate school of business from the law school that I was attending."
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34 Quotes by Peter Guber
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Good storytelling is harder than it sounds, but the easy part is that everyone has the ability to do it.…
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With a purposeful story, you can change a "wanna be" to a "gonna be" to a "be".
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There are no rules, but you break them at your peril.
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A German shepherd dog could walk in the office with a script in his mouth, and if that script was…
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There's a sense of aliveness that comes from connection, shared experience. And you see it in every place. You see…
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Today everyone, whether they know it or not, is in the emotional transportation business. More and more, success is won…
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Miss the audience's heart as a filmmaker, and the only wallet that gets hit will be your own. That's because…
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The arts tend to be more liberal. There tends to be more social relevance in the arts.
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Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter - we're tribal by nature. Tribes today…
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Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention…
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At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express,' 'Flashdance,' and 'The Deep.' My willingness for risk has always been my strength.
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Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the…
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Now is the age of anxiety.
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of…
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Obama's economic policies obviously have not worked, and have left the American market place with enormous uncertainty and anxiety.
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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
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