“The bigger problem still is that it determines in many ways what movies get made in the first place. Because as sources of finance are considering a project, they ask themselves, "Does this lend itself to a simplistic marketing approach which will guarantee a big opening weekend?" As a movie-goer, I think that's tragic, because when you look back at those movies that made us fall in love with movies in the first place, most of them were not high-concept, and most of them would not have "won their weekend."” ThinkingWayFirstsLooksDoeMadeStillsProblemBigsFallAsksSourceProjectsApproachConceptsBiggerFalling In LoveMarketingDetermineOpeningFinanceGuaranteesTragicWeekendConsideringBigger Problems Author:Curtis Hanson
“I'm an Ivy League-educated lawyer, so you'd think the world wouldn't mess with me, right? But I've been paid $10,000 less than a less qualified man in the same role. I've had men I've worked with grab my leg or rub my back in ways that have made me feel uncomfortable. I've been taken off projects because I was pregnant, even though my pregnancies have been both been healthy and didn't impact my work at all.” ThinkingMenWorldWayFeelsHas BeensMadeRolesTakenHealthyProjectsPaidImpactLegsLawyerEducatedMessLeagueUncomfortablePregnancyPregnantQualifiedIvyWere PregnantIvy LeagueMess With Me Author:Jane Park
“It is not enough to give money for demonstration projects. From the very beginning plans should be made for the scaling-up of successful innovations.” GivingShouldMadeEnoughSuccessfulPlansProjectsInnovationDemonstration Author:Ruth Simmons
“The success of any development project is based on encouraging people to shoulder their own responsibilities and become aware of their own capacities, their rights too, rather than providing them with ready-made solutions.” PeopleMadeResponsibilityRightsReadyDevelopmentProjectsSolutionsCapacityShouldersProviding Author:Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan