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Eli Broad
American
Businessman
Born:
Jun 6
,
1933
Art
Good
People
School
Time
You
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You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.
Eli Broad
Good
Great
You
School
Great Teachers
Principal
Teachers
Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.
Eli Broad
Business
People
Lawyers
Civilizations
Remembered
Arts
Bankers
Business People
Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before.
Eli Broad
Me
Yourself
Charity
People
Writing
Before
Philanthropy
Resources
Only
Checks
Involved
Doing
Been
Done
Getting
Just
Being
Really
Engaged
Your
Things
Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.
Eli Broad
Success
Moving On
Me
Challenge
Winner
Looking
Before
Enjoy
Once
Rarely
Someone
More
Take
Sore
Than
Moving
Next
Moment
Right
The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.
Eli Broad
Problems
See
Delegate
Managers
Biggest
Inability
Levels
I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.
Eli Broad
Business
Philanthropy
Status
Status Quo
Never
Pushing
Maintaining
New
Ideas
Always
New Ideas
Been
Quo
Whether
Who
Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.
Eli Broad
People
Will
Doubt
Research
Dramatic
Benefit
Stem
Stem Cell
Stem Cell Research
Lead
Without
Condition
Improvement
Cell
Cell Research
Human
Human Condition
Millions
Millions Of People
If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status quo. I want to help people, to work with institutions or create ones when they don't exist.
Eli Broad
Work
You
People
Status
Status Quo
Maintain
Institutions
Make
Make A Difference
Exist
Just
Difference
Want
Quo
Ask
Create
Help
Help People
Why
Philanthropy is activism.
Eli Broad
Philanthropy
Activism
Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.
Eli Broad
Art
Beauty
Emotion
Thing
In America, what you've accomplished financially is a measurement, whether you like it or not.
Eli Broad
You
Measurement
Financially
Like
Accomplished
America
Whether
Collecting is more than just buying objects.
Eli Broad
Collecting
Objects
More
Than
Just
Buying
People think it's strange how briskly I move through museums. Sure, I could stand in front of each piece and stare at it for a good long time. But that's not me.
Eli Broad
Time
Good
Me
Strange
People
Long
Long Time
Think
Could
Through
Piece
Sure
How
Front
Move
Stand
Each
Stare
Museums
If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate.
Eli Broad
Me
People
Papers
Criticize
Fine
Like
Because
Sells
Just
Want
Inaccurate
I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.
Eli Broad
Business
Sure
Want
Even
Film
Film Business
I've become convinced that Los Angeles is going to become the next contemporary art capital - no other city has more contemporary gallery space than Los Angeles. We've come into our own, finally.
Eli Broad
Art
Space
Become
Own
Other
Our
Finally
City
Angeles
More
Come
Contemporary
Contemporary Art
Los
Los Angeles
Than
Going
Capital
Gallery
Next
Convinced
Los Angeles is such a great meritocracy. Where can someone with my background - don't have the right family background, the right religion, the right provenance or whatever you want to call it - I come here and I'm accepted. The city's been good to me. And I want to give back.
Eli Broad
Good
Great
Family
Religion
Me
You
Whatever
Back
Background
City
Angeles
Someone
Give
Come
Call
Accepted
Los
Los Angeles
Been
Family Background
Where
Want
Right
Here
Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.
Eli Broad
Pay
Would
City
Like
Built
America
Get
Any
Museum
Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small.
Eli Broad
Life
Education
Women
People
World
Key
Better
Example
Big
Back
Ways
Unparalleled
Give
Only
Small
Better Life
Inspired
Firm
Generosity
Countless
Global
Also
Around
Oprah
Women And Children
Influence
Children
Belief
Her
Millions
Millions Of People
It's hard to explain your emotions when you see a work of art.
Eli Broad
Work
Art
You
Emotions
See
Explain
Your
Hard
Twombly, frankly, was an acquired taste. I was not in love with Twombly the first time I saw one of his paintings.
Eli Broad
Love
Time
First
Saw
Frankly
First Time
His
Taste
Acquired
Acquired Taste
Paintings
I think over any period of time, especially if you don't use leverage, it is difficult to continually beat the S&P 500.
Eli Broad
Time
You
Difficult
Think
Beat
Over
Period
Continually
Any
Use
Leverage
There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically.
Eli Broad
Art
Market
Dramatically
No Reason
Periods
Got
Were
Should
Reason
Appreciate
Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.
Eli Broad
Education
Today
School
Achieve
Giving
Public Schools
States
Frankly
High
Would
Results
Students
Attended
Schools
Sure
How
How Far
Antiquated
Get
Just
Want
Public
Them
Far
Producing
Help
Public School
United
United States
Deeply
Levels
Need
School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.
Eli Broad
Teacher
Needs
School
District
Student
Policies
Practices
Pace
Kept
The happiest people I've found are in science. These people have three times the IQ - maybe I'm exaggerating. They have a higher IQ than I do. They love what they're doing, they have a good family life, they're satisfied.
Eli Broad
Life
Love
Good
Family
Science
People
Three
Satisfied
Exaggerating
Higher
Doing
Times
Than
Family Life
Maybe
Happiest
Happiest People
Found
Good Family
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