The big gamble in 'Focus' - it's a Will Smith movie that dares to be small.


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To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to...
RICHARD BRANSON
I've been very passionate about renewable energy for many years, particularly solar energy and i...
RICHARD BRANSON
A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk.
RICHARD BRANSON
The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.
RICHARD BRANSON
One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.
RICHARD BRANSON
Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the peopl...
RICHARD BRANSON
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does...
RICHARD AVEDON
If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, - Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such lib...
RICHARD LOVELACE
Bishops sit in the House of Lords automatically.
RICHARD DAWKINS
It's not correct to say Jesus is God. Now, don't run and report me to the bishop, all right?...
RICHARD ROHR
I wrote about real people and real circumstances and real neighborhoods. There was no crypt or castl...
RICHARD MATHESON
Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.
RICHARD GERE
I've never really been star struck. I was a little bit taken aback when I was doing a chat show ...
RICHARD FLEESHMAN
My most difficult thing so far, to be brutally honest, has been to waltz as if I knew what I was doi...
RICHARD ROXBURGH
Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to tu...
RICHARD LOUV
In order to write novels for a living - it's not pathological, but I do think and worry and broo...
RICHARD FORD
I'm also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for tho...
RICHARD MACDONALD
Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were ...
RICHARD FOREMAN
But what does interest me is the notion that if you do a lot of work it means there's a potentia...
RICHARD SERRA
I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there's a b...
RICHARD RODGERS
I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I wa...
RICHARD MARX
Facebook mistreats its users. Facebook is not your friend; it is a surveillance engine. For instance...
RICHARD STALLMAN
Unfortunately, more and more Muslim voices are calling for boycotts of the United States and its pro...
RICHARD NEAL
The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the fi...
RICHARD PRYOR
The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.
RICHARD WRIGHT
I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty.
RICHARD O'BRIEN
I think you always have to find where the boundary is in relation to the context in order to be able...
RICHARD SERRA
The Saudis, and in some cases the CIA, had encouraged and funded their foreign jihads, and these men...
RICHARD ENGEL
On August 3, 2012, the fifteenth day of the government offensive, rebels in the city said they were ...
RICHARD ENGEL
...if the United States never intended to help, it shouldn’t have built up the expectation. The fa...
RICHARD ENGEL
It took from 1967 to 2003—over three decades—to build the big men. It took a decade—2003 to 20...
RICHARD ENGEL
When the Furies were released in the Middle East, an evil emerged beyond my worst imaginings.
...
RICHARD ENGEL
the United States decided it was not going to intervene in Syria—at least for the time being. The ...
RICHARD ENGEL
This was the first time I had come face-to-face with the other side of fundamentalism. The fundament...
RICHARD ENGEL
Ironically enough, the United States had almost nothing to do with the age-old conflict between Isla...
RICHARD ENGEL
The Crusades, waged intermittently from 1095 to 1291, but which continued in waves for centuries aft...
RICHARD ENGEL
Ottoman provinces were re-formed and cobbled together into states. The region was carved up with lit...
RICHARD ENGEL
These days, I no longer believe there ever are truly good guys or bad guys in war, at least in the M...
RICHARD ENGEL
When I take risks now, I do so only when I have to and with every precaution. I used to prospect for...
RICHARD ENGEL
Everything changed with the First World War. The Middle East was reorganized, redefined, and the see...
RICHARD ENGEL
MOST OF THE NATIONS OF the Middle East can be divided into those with long histories and no oil, and...
RICHARD ENGEL
...in the assassination of three of its first four caliphs, the “successors” to Mohammed and rul...
RICHARD ENGEL
The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a bri...
RICHARD BRANSON