When we first mention charter schools, people snicker and scoff, but we are finding more and more people saying this makes sense and that it's not just a good idea -- it's a necessity. It is an opportunity to have world-class schools in the Perimeter area.


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Drugs, sex, booze, all the stuff that we wanted to do. The problem was that we didn't want to le...
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When I first started playing in a band, before the Beatles, working bands played standards and they ...
WAYNE KRAMER
Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.
WAYNE KRAMER
By the time I got involved, Blockbuster had already worked out some of the kinks.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
I liked being CEO of Blockbuster, but my job is to put it on the bottom line for shareholders.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
Prayer is the most important thing that I do.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
Dolphins football has been a lifetime passion for me.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
We had a saying at Blockbuster: 'If you don't come in on Saturday, don't bother coming i...
WAYNE HUIZENGA
If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes car...
WAYNE HUIZENGA
Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute...
WAYNE HUIZENGA
I enjoy building more than managing.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
People always want cars. It's a huge industry, and there's always new product coming out.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
I busted my butt all my life building companies.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
If you're a sponsor, and you're doing business globally, to bring your guests to South Flori...
WAYNE HUIZENGA
To me, my business is my life.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
I don't buy cars I can't drive.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
I don't see myself ever selling Republic or AutoNation.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
Part of this country's problem is that people from New York City - Wall Streeters - don't th...
WAYNE HUIZENGA
I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the...
WAYNE HUIZENGA
Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I ...
WAYNE HUIZENGA
If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
You don't make any money sitting in traffic.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
I don't see myself as a personality. I'm just another little guy.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
A deal is like chasing a girl. You work on it until she says, 'Yes,' for a date.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
WAYNE HUIZENGA
I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they al...
WAYNE GRETZKY
My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say!
WAYNE GRETZKY
By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, ...
WAYNE GRETZKY
And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.
WAYNE GRETZKY
I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything ab...
WAYNE GRETZKY
When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figu...
WAYNE GRETZKY
The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
WAYNE GRETZKY
It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
WAYNE GRETZKY
Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the gam...
WAYNE GRETZKY
Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their ca...
WAYNE GRETZKY
I couldn't beat people with my strength; I don't have a hard shot; I'm not the quickest ...
WAYNE GRETZKY