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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.


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WARREN LITTLEFIELD The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the ...
WARREN LITTLEFIELD A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
WARREN LITTLEFIELD One way in which 'Friends' did resemble 'Seinfeld' is that it really found its audie...
WARREN LITTLEFIELD I fought to make a multiple series commitment with John Wells.
WARREN LITTLEFIELD In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.
WARREN LITTLEFIELD At the end of Season 1 of 'Cheers', it was the lowest rated show in all of network televisio...
WARREN LITTLEFIELD I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crise...
WARREN LITTLEFIELD 'Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. A...
WARREN LITTLEFIELD Audiences want and need a shared viewing experience.
WARREN LITTLEFIELD When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. ...
WARREN LITTLEFIELD Two hundred channel choices in most homes certainly gives you the world of choice. And so slicing it...
WARREN LITTLEFIELD Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeed...
WARREN LITTLEFIELD The ironic thing is I took Kole from a family name - we had a vote and they had a few names, but Kol...
WARREN KOLE I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one r...
WARREN KOLE I think I'm at a place where I haven't really been encountered by anyone overtly strange. Bu...
WARREN KOLE I was a sophomore in college, and I did an industrial video about how to use the Internet - that dat...
WARREN KOLE I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinna...
WARREN GILES People frequently ask me if adverse criticism bothers me. I've had a lot of it, and I have been ...
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