When studios start telling me why a particular film project won't work, I remember 'Rocky.' I remember that the biggest success Bob Chartoff and I have had was a film nobody wanted to make.


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Very large scale disasters, especially those that have occurred in the developing world, have very l...
IRWIN REDLENER
If we ensure access to health care and 'best practice' asthma treatment for children, especi...
IRWIN REDLENER
Disasters like Oklahoma City and 9/11 were time-limited. The children who were affected psychologica...
IRWIN REDLENER
Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.
IRWIN REDLENER
Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent on...
IRWIN REDLENER
The reality is that it's harder to recruit pediatric subspecialists if you're not recruiting...
IRWIN REDLENER
Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.
IRWIN REDLENER
There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bo...
IRWIN REDLENER
Every school should have well-rehearsed emergency response protocols covering a variety of possible ...
IRWIN REDLENER
Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're...
IRWIN REDLENER
If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to ...
IRWIN REDLENER
Many low-income children face chronic stress from nutritional deprivation or persistent violence at ...
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There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizen...
IRWIN REDLENER
Life is always at some turning point.
IRWIN EDMAN
When your IQ rises to 28, sell.
IRWIN COREY
Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.
IRWIN COREY
If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going.
IRWIN COREY
I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake...
STEVE IRWIN
Having insurance doesn't guarantee good health outcomes, but it is a critical factor.
IRWIN REDLENER
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
IRWIN SHAW
One day we were sitting in our little classroom in the middle of Australia Zoo, and Dad bursts in an...
BINDI IRWIN
On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players....
HALE IRWIN
I still have the desire to succeed, and I've always felt success is measured by what you've ...
HALE IRWIN
I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.
HALE IRWIN
New Zealand has a great reputation in America for golf.
HALE IRWIN
It's a long, hard, difficult process to make it to a national championship.
HALE IRWIN
Early in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted a...
HALE IRWIN
Do I want to tackle a 230-pound guy who's running like a deer? Heavens no, no one in their right...
HALE IRWIN
The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of hav...
HALE IRWIN
Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.
HALE IRWIN
I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour...
HALE IRWIN
Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
HALE IRWIN
I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
HALE IRWIN
People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believ...
HALE IRWIN
If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectat...
HALE IRWIN
Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But i...
HALE IRWIN
The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance.
HALE IRWIN
My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got p...
HALE IRWIN
People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.
HALE IRWIN
I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of thi...
HALE IRWIN