Peter Guber Quotes - Page 2

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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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  Art, Social, Relevance

  "Peter Guber: Hollywood 'Disappointed' With Obama's First Term" by Tina Daunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 24, 2012.

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• Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through.

  Peter Guber

  Heart, Feet, Shining

  "Entertainment exec Peter Guber". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 15, 2011.

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• Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

  Peter Guber

  Mom, Dad, Games

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• A German shepherd dog could walk in the office with a script in his mouth, and if that script was really good, they'd buy the script.

  Peter Guber

  Dog, Art, Office

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• 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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  Brother, School, Marine

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• I've worked with Jack Warner and Jimmy Stewart - and Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Johnny Depp twice. I've had dinners with Fred Astaire and Cary Grant.

  Peter Guber

  Dinner, Brad, Grants

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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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  Risk, Midnight, Willingness

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• The seminal elements of what makes a story great - challenge, struggle, resolution - are the same whether we're talking about story content for a movie such as 'Rain Man,' or telling a purposeful story to forge new business relationships or conclude a fruitful transaction, such as acquiring an NBA franchise.

  Peter Guber

  Rain, Struggle, Men

  "Why Peter Guber’s Book Tell to Win Is a Game Changer". Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2011.

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• Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter - we're tribal by nature. Tribes today aren't the same as tribes thousand of years ago: It isn't just religious tribes or ethnic tribes now: It's sports fans, it's communities, it's geography.

  Peter Guber

  Sports, Religious, Years

  "Q&A – Peter Guber (Producer, Author – Tell to Win)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. February, 2011.

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