Peter Guber Quotes - Page 2

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• Welcome it as part of a process... you just can't avoid it... if you go to bat enough times, you are going to strike out; and you will do it cataclysmically; and you know success and failure are just millimeters apart.

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  Bats, Enough Time, Welcome

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• The arts tend to be more liberal. There tends to be more social relevance in the arts.

  Peter Guber

  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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• 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.

  Peter Guber

  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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• 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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• At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express,' 'Flashdance,' and 'The Deep.' My willingness for risk has always been my strength.

  Peter Guber

  Risk, Midnight, Willingness

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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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