Richard Branson Quotes

When we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance.

Richard Branson

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MarketingNewTestFirstEverything

I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.

Andre Previn

MusicWritingFinallyInterested

I should mention that I am a member of the board of directors of Dimensional Fund Advisors.

Merton Miller

I AmBoardMemberShouldMentionAm

I'm really interested in the collaborative thing. It's what makes it scary because you never know what it's going to end up like. But you hope. You put yourself in the hands of the best people you can find, and you're completely dependent on the kindness of strangers and their commitment. It's like this mutual delusion.

Meryl Streep

KindnessHopeBestCommitmentPeople

I have my own thing going on; I don't want to imitate anyone else.

Stefflon Don

WantMy OwnOwnGoingImitateThing

Establishing a 'livable wage' floor would immediately reduce the gap in average pay between American women and men.

Stephanie Coontz

WomenMenAmericanPayFloorGap

One of the technology lessons was to work inside the cost envelope of the developing world to lower costs overall. What's even more important and useful is dramatically lowering power consumption. Everyone wants batteries that can last 10 times longer.

Mary Lou Jepsen

WorkTechnologyPowerWorldMore

I could live without my phone. And one thing I'd love to do is experience having the freedom that kids had back in the '80s.

Millie Bobby Brown

LoveLiveFreedomExperiencePhone

I think you only have to pull stunts if the content of your music is meaningless.

Josh Tillman

MusicThinkYouContentMeaningless

Future public education will require involvement and collaboration among various local, civic, private and nonprofit entities, a concept I like to refer to as 'community entrepreneurship.'

Donald Bren

EducationFutureCommunityWill

When Melissa McCarthy came out with 'Bridesmaids,' all of a sudden you saw a plus-sized woman who had three dimensions, was not an appendage, was pivotal to the plot.

Donna Lynne Champlin

WomanYouThreeOutSawPlot

I'm a lot less cranky when it's just me and my dog.

Bob Peterson

DogMeCrankyJustLessLot

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

Bob Geldof

BestMankindDesperateMostOften

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