“If you think of the way Howlin' Wolf made records, you get the feeling there wasn't a production manager onsite, or a publicist having his say on how he should sing the songs. When you listen to his records, you feel like you're tapping into his voice.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsShouldMadeFeelingsSongVoiceRecordsLike YouProductionsManagersTappingPublicistsHowlin Wolf Author:M. Ward
“I went on tours with [Bob] Dylan - the big one was in 1975 and called Roaring Thunder Review. I knew him well because I met him around the time he did his second album, in 1963. He recorded one of my songs called Shadows. In the 1970s, it was suggested that we do a duet, because we had the same manager, Albert Grossman, who also managed Odetta and Peter, Paul and Mary. Dylan and I respected what each other did, but I just decided not to do it.” WellsBigsSongMetsShadowDecidedAlbumsManagersReviewsPeterBobMaryThunderDylanRoaringDuets Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I had been at Comic-Con, and I have the same manager as Bob Morley, so we ended up at a Warner Bros. party. I met Jason Rothenberg for the first time, and he's a fan of Black Sails and Shameless and some of my work, and was like, "Hey, we've been having trouble casting this part. I think you'd be perfect for it, if you'd be willing to come up and have some fun for some episodes."” IfsThinkingFirstsFunBlackPerfectPartyTroubleFansWillingMetsFirst TimeCome UpHeyManagersComicBobEpisodesSailCastingJasonShamelessBrosComic ConWarner Bros Author:Zach McGowan
“Campaign manager Eli Gold played by Alan Cumming on "The Good Wife" describing an old maxim in politics, don't commit to a decision before you have to. And that rule appears to have worked brilliantly for Democratic candidate front-runner Hillary Clinton, who has avoided taking a position on the president's trade agenda and has remained out of the ugly public spat with the progressive wing of her party. She has also not taken a position on the Iranian - on the talks.” PresidentDecisionPartyTakenWifeFrontsPositionGoldTradeWingsDemocraticClintonUglyCampaignsCommitManagersCandidatesAgendasProgressiveRunnersMaximsAvoidedDescribingIranianGood WifeSpats Author:Chris Matthews
“I've never been good at the money thing. I have had a couple of really nice but inept managers, and a business accountant that ripped me off. But I cannot totally blame my money making lameness on them.” NiceCoupleBlameManagersMaking MoneyReally NiceRippedAccountants Author:Jill Sobule
“I started taking lessons in third grade because I thought it was a fun thing to do. Through my acting teacher, I got my manager. That was about 5th grade. So once that happened it kind of clicked that I probably should pursue acting as a career.” ShouldKindFunActingCareersTeacherHappenedLessonsThirdsPursueManagersThings To DoGradesFun ThingsThird GradeActing Teachers Author:Jared Gilman
“Many organizations help businesses to stay on top of what's changing or likely to change. It's important for executives and managers who focus on a company's health coverage to stay up-to-speed on what's happening, and it's important for those in the C-suite to understand the changes to factor these new variables into their strategic planning calculus.” ImportantHelpingCompanyFocusHappeningsOrganizationSpeedPlanningFactorsManagersExecutivesStrategicCoverageVariablesStrategic PlanningCalculusHealth Coverage Author:John E. McDonough
“We were always told we were one step behind Deep Purple, one step behind Led Zeppelin, one step behind everybody. Our manager didn't want to let us know how popular we were. It's only after we did Ozzfest that people started telling me stuff. I thought they were taking the piss. People would come up to me and go, "Respect."” PeopleKnowsWantStuffBehindsStepsKnow HowCome UpManagersPurpleZeppelinsDeep Purple Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“My work is one of my passions, so I want to treat it with great importance, whatever the project or role. As any motorcycle enthusiast can probably attest to, getting your motorcycle looking and riding the best certainly holds a high rating of importance. And if I don't finish the Lego city with my son, then I meet the wrath of an extremely assertive four-year-old project manager.” IfsWantYearsPassionCitiesRolesFourSonProjectsTreatsImportanceManagersMy SonFour YearsRidingWrathMy PassionMotorcycleRatingAssertiveLegos Author:Danielle Cormack
“So I'm here, and not being one for missed opportunities, I made a list of the casting directors in New York and mark off the ones I've already met over the years. The few remaining I asked my agent and manager, "See if you can set up some meetings while I'm here."” IfsYearsMadeOpportunityNew YorkMetsDirectorsMarkMeetingsListsAgentsManagersCastingMissed OpportunityCasting Directors Author:William Mapother
“Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and paid a professional price for it. Behind the scenes, she struggled in a fractious, sometimes violent relationship with her husband and manager and with mental health issues that strained other relationships, including with her only daughter.” SometimesPowerfulBehindsIssuesRightsMovementSceneHusbandDaughterPaidMental HealthIncludingSingersViolentCivil RightsManagersSongwritersGiftedCivil Rights MovementSinger SongwritersPianistBehind The ScenesNinaHealth IssuesOnly Daughter Author:Michel Martin
“What I want people to know is I went to Wall Street before the crash. I was the one saying you're going to wreck the economy because of these shenanigans with mortgages. I called to end the carried interest loophole that hedge fund managers enjoy. I proposed changes in CEO compensation.” PeopleKnowsWantEndsEnjoyInterestEconomyStreetsWallManagersFundCrashCeoCompensationWrecksMortgageLoopholesHedge FundShenanigans Author:Hillary Clinton
“I knew [Jesse Owens'] name, but I really didn't remember what it is he had done, so I felt like I had to get refreshed. So I read the script and I realized like, wow, this is an incredible human being. I told my manager, however I had to do it, let me see the director; I got to play him.” HumansDonePlayRememberNamesFeltHuman BeingsDirectorsLet MeIncrediblesScriptsI RealizedManagersWow Author:Stephan James
“A lot of artists still will not get that far. And get that far and be as successful. So, it's a great thing for me, and hopefully I can make it to number 10. And then I would want to start managing other artists, 'cause I think the best manager is an artist, his, or herself, that has been in the business and been successful and knows the ins and outs of the business.” ThinkingKnowsWantHas BeensStillsI CanArtistCausesNumbersSuccessfulGreat ThingsHopefullyManagersBest ManagerNumber 10 Author:Ginuwine
“Sometimes I have young comics that ask me, "What should I do when I meet an agent or a manager and they ask me stuff?" And I say, "Well, they always usually ask, 'Where do you see yourself in five years, 10 years, 15 years?' And it's good to have an answer for that."” ShouldYearsWellsSometimesYoungAsksStuffAnswersFiveAgentsManagersAsk MeFive YearsShould I Author:Baron Vaughn
“The book [Night manager] is amazing. It is amazing to act in any book adaptation, because a book gives you so many secrets and details that don't necessarily get shot in an adaptation. They give you a cushion underneath everything. The detail in the character, the detail in the tone.” GivingBookCharacterNightSecretShotsDetailsManagersToneAdaptationCushions Author:Tom Hiddleston
“The Night Manager doesn't exist in the post-Cold war universe, it exists much more in the modern world, I think. There is more action. The bad guys don't have particularly political or national-political affiliations.” ThinkingWorldWarActionPoliticalNightGuyUniverseModernColdManagersPostsCold WarBad GuysModern WorldAffiliation Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I never had a checkbook. It used to be cash in hand, stuff in the pocket, or a manager would keep some accounts and give me money. I started to wonder what it must feel like to actually make a profit, pay taxes, and to have a phone listing, and a manager. And also, I was sick of sleeping around every night.” GivingFeelsHandsUsedNightStuffSleepPayWonderTaxesSickAccountsGive MePhonesProfitUsed To BeManagersPocketsCashEvery NightSleeping Around Author:Iggy Pop
“My manager makes fun of me for the fact that I avoid the money, I’m allergic to money...” FactsFunManagersAllergic Author:Martin Starr
“Somebody else does the rigor and then I listen. I have an assistant, and my manager, and other people who hunt and find and send it to me, and then I just figure out which ones I can do justice to.” PeopleDoeI CanCan DoJusticeFiguresManagersHuntsAssistantsRigor Author:Joan Baez
“I have a few different managers, and one of them hit me up today and was like 'I'm going to set you up with these guys doing beats and such...' I was like cool, as long as I can do what I do. Just because kids are going like this now, I'm not going to do that because I am not 18 years old. I'm not going to rap like I'm in grade three because it's popular. I'm just not going to do that. It's not because I'm being stubborn, and I definitely not that guy that is getting older and does not understand the younger generation.” YearsLongDoeI CanDifferentKidsTodayGuyThreeCan DoGenerationsBeatsRapManagersGradesStubbornGetting OldGetting OlderThat GuyYounger GenerationBeing Stubborn Author:Shane Bunting
“Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me.” IdeasSometimesStageOkayManagersGood IdeasStage Managers Author:Adam Rapp
“I met my manager when I was 17, when I didn't have enough money to buy a set of guitar strings. There are not very many people who are looking out for you and being in business with you when you're at that stage. And it's not in my nature to think that success as a musician makes you any different from anybody else.” PeopleThinkingDifferentEnoughStageMetsMusicianGuitarManagersStringsGuitar Strings Author:Johnny Marr
“What I've witnessed, managers are divisive and allow musicians to become clouded, irresponsible, and unaware of the world around them.” WorldMusicianManagersIrresponsibleClouded Author:Jacob Bannon
“I finally stopped complaining about 'Why isn't everybody else making me what I want to be?' You can't rely solely on your agent or your managers to educate people as to who you are.” PeopleWantWho You AreComplainingAgentsManagersRelyEducateBe You Author:Laura Benanti
“There's practical political considerations obviously, but there's also these broader themes, which is like, I don't want to be the manager of the Middle East.” WantPoliticalMiddleEastPracticalsManagersThemeConsiderationMiddle East Author:Jeffrey Goldberg
“I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which led to an audition Satisfaction, where I played a musician in an all-girl band. That movie is where I met my future ex-husband Jody Porter.” ShouldTryingSaidGirlActingMetsBandHusbandMusicianSatisfactionHeavyBarsManagersMetalsAuditionsExesMy FutureCocktailsWaitressHeavy MetalEx Husband Author:Britta Phillips
“I don't have too many pests. My concept is this: I manage myself, and there's nothing wrong with people having managers.” PeopleConceptsManageManagersPests Author:Vickie Winans
“During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events.” WarGovernmentUsedChallengesAcceptingEventsNewsVersionsManagersJournalistOfficialsGulf War Author:Tariq Ali
“I have worked with a lot of different great people. One of the things my partner, my manager Judy Weinstein, instilled in [David] Morales and myself is that the quality goes in before the name goes home.” PeopleDifferentHomeNamesQualityPartnersManagersGreat PeopleMorale Author:Frankie Knuckles
“I saw an article where the manager of the Pussycat Dolls, which is kind of this like striptease band, girl band, said, oh well, the girls are totally third-wave feminist. This is what third-wave feminism is about. Like you don't get to use that word. You don't get to say that something is feminist as a way to sell back sexism to women, as a way to further consumerist ideas.” WayWellsKindSaidIdeasUseGirlSawsFeminismLike YouBandThirdsSellsWaveFeministManagersSexismArticlesDollsOh Well Author:Jessica Valenti
“Pages were always supposed to be off-camera - we were supposed to be invisible. But I had a moment where I saw a kid who was ready to flip himself out of the balcony, so I ran down and grabbed him and put him back in his seat. I remember the stage manager taking me aside and saying, "Can you please never do that again? I know you were saving his life, but we have you in the shot."” KnowsMomentsKidsRememberSawsStageReadyPleasePagesShotsDown AndCamerasInvisibleSavingManagersSupposed To BeRanSeatsFlipBalconiesStage Managers Author:Anne Sweeney
“One day I went to the manager and I asked him whether his model was working and he said, "Well, haven't you seen how many customers we have in this store?" And yes indeed I had. I mean it was definitely attracting a lot of customers, even attracting tourist buses that would land up at this store and people would go through the store and marvel at all the options, even sometimes take photographs of the various aisles.” PeopleWellsMeanSaidSometimesLandHavensOne DayModelsPhotographVariousCustomersStoresManagersBusTouristsAisle Author:Sheena Iyengar
“I dropped out in middle school. I dropped out in, towards the beginning of the ninth grade. And then I started studying -I started taking acting classes at a, well first I was like in a community theater at that time in Torrance, California, so I finished up like my season with that community theater just acting in, you know, acting in a small part on this play or a big part on that play or a stage manager or assistant stage manager in another play.” KnowsFirstsWellsPlayBigsSchoolCommunityActingClassStudyMiddleStageSeasonsTheaterFinishedManagersCaliforniaGradesAssistantsSmall PartsMiddle SchoolActing ClassesNinth GradeStage Managers Author:Quentin Tarantino
“Risk managers and investment bankers and actually, all kinds of investors took on more risk than they expected. So there was a failure of risk management. There was a failure to recognize how much risk there was in some of these securities that people bought.” PeopleKindRiskSecurityManagementInvestmentExpectedAll KindsManagersInvestorsBankersRisk Management Author:Robert F. Engle
“I agree with a lot of the points in Taleb's book, but I don't agree with many of his conclusions. It seems to me that he rightly points out that risk managers miss a lot of the risks, but the conclusion is that he draws, is that we should abandon risk management, whereas my conclusion is we should improve it.” ShouldBookSeemsRiskMissingDrawsManagementAgreeConclusionManagersAbandonRisk Management Author:Robert F. Engle
“Real benefits come when managers begin to understand the profound difference between 'cost cutting' and 'eliminating the causes of costs'” RealCausesDifferencesBusinessCuttingCostBenefitsEconomicsManagementProfoundManagersEliminating Author:Brian L. Joiner
“[Facebook and Twitter] aren't the real problems in the office. The real problems are what I like to call the M&Ms, the Managers and the Meetings.” RealProblemInspirationMotivationOfficeMeetingsManagersReal Problems Author:Jason Fried
“I work at a record label where I have archives. These things [memorabilia] occurred and are important to somebody, and they're important to me. I find the record industry largely repellent. This music, the Teen Idles, all of that stuff, is important to me. I don't have lawyers, an agent or a manager. However I find the music industry largely repellent. I just make records because that's what I love to do. So I think that era, those pieces of media, I keep in my collection.” ThinkingImportantStuffRecordsPiecesMediaIndustryLawyerAgentsManagersLabelsErasCollectionsMusic IndustryArchivesRecord Labels Author:Ian MacKaye
“I love my wife. We've had a few slings and arrows across the room, but I'm not prepared to give in, you know? People say she saved my life, but at the same time, I saved her life, as well, I think. She's a great mother, she's a great wife, she's a great worker, she's a great manager. She's just great.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingWellsMotherRoomsWifePreparedWorkersMy WifeSavedManagersGreat MenGreat WorkArrowsGreat MotherGreat ManagersSlings And ArrowsGreat WifeLove My WifeI Love My Wife Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“I don't have all these advisers, political advisers. I don't even talk to them because I'm not a slave to a campaign manager, and Trump isn't either.” PoliticalTrumpSlaveCampaignsManagersAdviser Author:Joe Arpaio
“I'm open to any collabos if the price is right, just hit up my manager.” IfsManagers Author:Yukmouth
“Everyone told me you can't build a major tech company in Canada. There just aren't enough investors or engineers or top-level managers. Each day, I'm driven to prove them wrong.” EnoughLevelsCompanyProveMajorsDrivenManagersEach DayCanadaInvestorsEngineersProve Them Wrong Author:Ryan Holmes
“I just got a new manager. He's like, "So what do you want to do with the deejay thing?" I'm like, "The deejay thing for me is more my hobby." It's great when you can supplement your income, when you have a weekly or something, it's fun. It's really a hobby, because I don't want it to take away from what I do, which is emceeing.” WantFunIncomeManagersHobbiesSupplementsDeejays Author:Talib Kweli
“It's why we oppose Citizens United from that right-wing Supreme Court. In 2012, I also said the Tea Party "acted like terrorists" and called a donut shop manager in Milwaukee who wanted lower taxes a "smartass." And I said the number one issue is a three-letter word, J-O-B-S." I'm proud of who I am.” SaidWantedThreeUnitedPartyNumbersIssuesProudCitizensTaxesLettersCourtWingsTerroristSupremeWho I AmManagersTeaShopsSupreme CourtRight WingTea PartyDonutsSmartassMilwaukeeCitizens United Author:Joe Biden
“My Dad sold automobiles as a general manager of a General Motors automobile dealership. He was a job creator. Everyone of those cars he sold he created a job for somebody on the assembly line.” JobsLinesCarDadMy DadCreatorManagersMotorAutomobileAssemblyAssembly LineGeneral MotorsGeneral ManagerJob Creators Author:Joe Biden
“We have emphasized the importance of applied action research because it allows evidence-based policy and program development and a focus on learning. We are also committed to using a participatory approach in which local people, local program managers and providers, local researchers, women's health activists, and national decision-makers play the leading role. International "experts" from technical assistance agencies or universities can make important contributions, but they certainly don't have all the answers.” PeopleImportantPlayActionDecisionAnswersRolesFocusPolicyDevelopmentApproachResearchEvidenceProgramImportanceUniversityInternationalCommittedLocalsManagersExpertsAgencyContributionActivistMakersAssistanceResearchersProvidersDecision MakersImportant ContributionsWomen's Health Author:Ruth Simmons
“High level policy makers and program managers do not normally listen to the voices of local people, local providers and local program managers when they make decisions about contraceptive introduction or other aspects of program development in reproductive health.” PeopleVoiceDecisionLevelsPolicyDevelopmentAspectProgramLocalsManagersMakersIntroductionHigh LevelProvidersContraceptivesPolicy MakersReproductive Health Author:Ruth Simmons
“If instead policy makers and program managers participate in an interdisciplinary assessment team, make informal visits to local families and have in-depth conversations with local providers and health authorities, the real needs and complex challenges of organizing good reproductive health services become apparent.The first country that implemented this participatory program of assessment, research and policy development was Brazil. I was one of the outsiders who provided support to the initiative.” IfsNeedsFirstsRealCountryChallengesSupportTeamPolicyDevelopmentConversationAuthorityResearchProgramComplexesDepthLocalsManagersMakersInitiativeOutsidersAssessmentBrazilProvidersPolicy MakersReproductive HealthHealth ServicesInterdisciplinary Author:Ruth Simmons
“I started acting when I moved to California when I was nineteen. I started auditioning. I was waiting on my manager at the time. I was waiting on her table, and she sent me on an audition. From there, I just kept auditioning and, luckily, got parts.” WaitingActingTablesMovedManagersCaliforniaAuditionsNineteen Author:Laura Ramsey