Eli Broad Quotes

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Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational.

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School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.

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I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.

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A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me.

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I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast.

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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline.

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I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours.

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The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.

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Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.

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Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.

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How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook.

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Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid.

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