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If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.


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CARLOS PONCE I have reached a limit in my work.
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CARLOS CASTANEDA Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there!
CARLOS CASTANEDA The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
CARLOS CASTANEDA A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and lau...
CARLOS CASTANEDA We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe...
CARLOS CASTANEDA The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historica...
CARLOS CASTANEDA We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
CARLOS CASTANEDA Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this pat...
CARLOS CASTANEDA In a way, the popularity of Corona came too fast for its own good, initially. We took a few steps ba...
CARLOS ALVAREZ Corona Light has had very faithful stewardship from us from the very beginning in 1989.
CARLOS ALVAREZ In a family business, you grow up with close contact to the business, whatever it is, and the beer b...
CARLOS ALVAREZ If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's ...
CARLOS ALAZRAQUI I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.
CARLOS ALAZRAQUI I started doing stand-up in college.
CARLOS ALAZRAQUI Videogames are a little more work and they're a little more stilted.
CARLOS ALAZRAQUI Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better.
CARLOS ALAZRAQUI For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we comme...
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