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David Geffen
American
Businessman
About the author
Broke is a Hollywood term!
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Hollywood
I intend to be me. Whatever that is.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
I believe we're all in denial about the people we love.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Love
#People
#Denial
I am truly my mother's son.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Mother
#Son
I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn't even know there was a show business!
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Being
#Job
#Theatre
Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Will
#Money
Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Will
#Money
I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Life
#School
#Business
HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Public
#Friends
#Apathy
It's very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they've made to my life.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Life
You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it's not that way at all, it's something else.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Idea
To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Work
#states
#United
#Privilege
The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Today
#Opportunity
#Company
Steven Spielberg and I have tremendous amounts of money.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Money
My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Love
#Work
#Mother
#Business
It's the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn't get what they wanted.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Music
In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Want
#People
#Hollywood
#Play
#Lie
#Tennis
I'm not Sammy Glick. I've never killed anyone. I don't have to. I'm too talented.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
I'm Billy the Kid, the fastest draw. It's not arrogance. It's the truth.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Truth
#Arrogance
I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I've known in my life. That's just the truth.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Life
#Money
#Truth
I thought I'd be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Success
#Thought
Move to California. Malibu is paradise.
David Geffen,
American
Businessman
#Paradise