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Quote/Unquote: Australian Billionaire Richard Pratt

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
by Duncan Kinney

“Successful enterprises are usually led by proven chief executive who is a competent benevolent dictator.” Richard Pratt (born Ryszard Przecicki) built Visy into one of the world’s largest privately owned paper companies. He is also one of the richest people in Australia.

Quote/Unquote: Director Werner Herzog

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
by Craille Maguire Gillies

“I have five, six, seven [films] pushing me already. It’s always like home invasion. It always feels like the burglars are coming in at night and invade my place. How do I get them out of my home. How I do I get them out of my system quickly enough? That’s always been my problem. It’s not that I ever had a career as a filmmaker — I just had my life. Career happens to those who plan the next steps, who look at the bestseller lists [and ask] which book can I convert into a movie and promote my career? I’ve never functioned that way. My films always came as a home invasion.” – Werner Herzog, as interviewed with Jian Gomeshi on CBC Radio One’s Q