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Manage by objectives. Tell people exactly what you want them to do and then get out of their way.

Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence.

Sachin Tendulkar is a guy you don't want to chat to period, because he will knuckle down...

I think the radio is kind of cool, because you're really free to do whatever you want, because you can go into another world. Whereas in TV, you have to make that world.

There’s no grand plan. All I know is that I write the books I want to write. All that other stuff is meaningless to me.

I don't want to care. If I care about things, it'll just be worse, it'll just be another thing to worry about. It's less painful if I don't care.

When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time. He knew how much I wanted to meet Michael Jackson, so he says, 'Would you like to come and meet him?' I'm like, 'Are you serious? Of course I want to meet Michael Jackson! Where do I meet you? Where do we come?'

I want to have children, please God, with a woman that I love and that I'm very attracted to.

I can direct dial today a man my parents warred with. They wanted to kill him, I want to sell software to him.

I don't want to waste time being angry at someone I love.

If you want to know, life is the principle of self-renewal, it is constantly renewing and remaking and changing and transfiguring itself.

I always wanted to box.

We want to rescue the American dream.

I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.

The reality of it is you have to be over the top if you want to be noticed.

I want to be sure I can deliver what people expect to hear. I just don't know if I can physically do it. Or if I should.

If you want to be the person you ought to be, you've got to welcome competition.

I like to think of myself as a pirate and you're just walking that person out on the plank. And then you pull them back when you get what you want. Of course, sometimes, in the beginning, you're going to push a little too far.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

You want to know about creativity? Just go out and buy that book Imagine by Jonah Lehrer. It's only $29.00 in hardcover.

Ultimate influence is the ability to get the results you want from others while helping them feel genuinely good about themselves.

I always wanted to be a pilot.

We're all so busy. We race and race. Life is a sprint. We want to get 'there' so badly. But I wonder if we even know what to do when we actually get 'there'.

I just wanted to inspire people and I hope I did.

I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.