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Roger Ailes, an influential American television producer, was born on May 15, 1940, and passed away on May 18, 2017. He had a profound impact on the television news and entertainment industry, serving as an executive producer for several major television networks.

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“To determine whether or not you have the ingredients to be charismatic, answer the following questions: What are your real feelings about who you are? What do you believe in? Do you have goals or a mission in life? Do you project optimism? Do others turn to you for leadership? Noncharismatic people spend their lives auditioning for others and hoping they'll be accepted. Charismatic people don't doubt their ability to add value to a situation, so they move forward with their mission.”

Source: You Are the Message: Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are

“Almost everything I do is related to my ability to hire good people. I don't take much of the credit myself. I think I have a good eye.”

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“I think I have a good eye for talent. I think I'm smart enough to figure out what the mission is and achieve it. I achieve it by hiring good people.”

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“I'm very confident in the management team, very confident in the on-air people. That's the whole secret to everything. It's having people who love to work where they're working and want to win.”

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“People always describe my successes in life. My successes in life tend to be personal, not career.”

People Careers Success In Life

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“You can't sell a book in America if you don't dump on Bush. That's the cheapest shot in the world. You cannot get an advance, and you can't sell a book because the publishers are all people who hate Bush and hate Republicans.”

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“I love rich people. Any time I needed a job, I went to a rich person. I like poor people, but they never had a job for me.”

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“I hire people who can do their jobs and who will advise me of things they don't agree with. The worst thing you can do is get in a room with 14 people who say, "OK!" Then you really are making decisions about engineering and finance and other areas.”

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“If you have a choice between qualifications and personal qualities when it comes to hiring people, go with personal qualities. You can teach them the job.”

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“You can get people the qualifications; But you can't teach them the qualities they're going to need. You can't teach integrity, a drive for excellence, refusal to quit under pressure. It's too late to build that into people you're going to hire.”

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“The thing you always have to remember is, you look at people and they might look like a failure but there's often a narrow thing they do very well.”

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“Growing up in Ohio and just being kind of an average guy from flyover country - my dad was a factory guy - I try to put things on a screen that reflect reality. I don't mind if people want to argue with that, or think that's crazy.”

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“I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.”

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“If you are a good communicator, be unique: put yourself in your own commercials and do something a little different. To the extent you can focus on what it is you want to change, what it is you know how to change, and what it is you think will make life better for other people, you're going to do better.”

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“If you're running far behind in the polls and you decide to use comparative advertising, you have to be able to explain to the people why the incumbent shouldn't have then ob.”

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“There's something about the American people: They have such an innate sense of fairness that the red light goes on and the bells go off the second you approach that line. Any kind of personal attack is verboten. You shouldn't do it; it's not worth it.”

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“You better be able to defend it after the attack - so don't stretch it. In other words, if the guy's guilty of A and B, don't make him guilty of A, B, and C. That's what a lot of people do.”

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“In general, I think man-on-the- street ads and endorsement spots are having less and less effect on people. The electorate's getting very sophisticated, and they want to make their own judgments.”

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“I would advise people occasionally to take the media on, but only when you know it's a manufactured product and not a news interview.”

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“One of the reasons I'm in this business is because I have absolute respect for the people who say, "You know what? I think I can make this a little better and I'm willing to get in and try." Because, I'll tell you, there are a hell of a lot of reasons to stay away from running for office today.”

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“I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me how to do my job, I shouldn't do my job.”

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“Truth is whatever people will believe.”

People Believe Truth Is

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“I can't stand cruel people. And if I see people doing something mean to somebody else just to make themselves feel important, it really gets me mad.”

People Ifs Feels Mean I Can Important Mad

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About the Author

Born: May 15, 1940
Died: May 18, 2017
Known for: Television producer
Quotes: 79

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