Eike Batista Quotes

To be powerful in South America, you have to be transparent and you have to have a very clean reputation. Transparency for me today is a magic word in South America. Power comes from transparency and a track record of execution.

Eike Batista

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TodayPowerMeReputationPowerful

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass.

Jimmy Fallon

TimeRideParentsPeopleMeSister

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he'd say, 'Boss, we've got this, and that, and the other thing.' And I'd look at him and I'd say, 'Good.'

Jocko Willink

GoodBossMeProblemLookSay

Jim Bakker ripped off the bedspread and said, my wife doesn't make me feel like a man anymore.

Jessica Hahn

WifeManMeFeelSaidOff

The road to energy efficiency is, in theory, a sustainability sweepstake. More efficiency means that less fuel is required to generate a given amount of energy, which in turn means lower costs for the provider and cheaper prices for the customers.

Jens Martin Skibsted

RoadEnergyEfficiencySustainability

There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work.

Maynard Webb

WorkTalentSearchMeaningfulLots

The old system, the War on Drugs, was a train wreck.

John Hickenlooper

WarTrainOldSystemWar On Drugs

President Obama has asked me to chair his new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

MeChairNewPresidentHisJobs

To be at acting school, it was kind of the first time you felt the freedom to be as much of yourself as you wanted. People weren't going to judge you.

Michael Imperioli

FreedomTimeYourselfSchoolPeople

I was thrilled that Sadiq Khan was so in support of the idea of culture being at the centre of a city and the idea that it is everyone's right. It can't be a matter of privilege or chance. It should be something everyone can have in their life, and that means knowing what it is.

Simon Rattle

LifeCultureSupportCityChance

Early on my career, I figured out that I just have to write the book I have to write at that moment. Whatever else is going on in the culture is just not that important. If you could get the culture to write your book, that would be great. But the culture can't write your book.

Colson Whitehead

GreatMomentCultureBookYouEarly

I'm in no hurry to get anywhere. I don't have any plans. I don't have a map. If you did in this business, you'd destroy yourself.

Colin Farrell

BusinessYourselfYouPlansMapGet

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else.

Wong Kar-wai

PoliceYourselfDressProblemYou

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