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I track some long hours.
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Long Hours
Track
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In Canada, things are very honest.
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Canada
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When I was 8 years old, I sold garden seeds.
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Garden
Seeds
Sold
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In the Sixties, conglomerates were all the rage.
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Sixties
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I probably fly twice a week, within Canada and the States.
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Canada
Twice
Twice A Week
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My dad made a huge impact on me in terms of right and wrong.
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Huge Impact
Right And Wrong
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I've got a lot of respect for tuba players, just carrying that thing around.
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Respect
Carrying
Tuba
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During school, I'd advertise cars in the University of British Columbia newspaper.
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British Columbia
Columbia
Advertise
Newspaper
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I've always believed that competition is good for consumers and good for businesses.
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Competition
Good Always Competition
Businesses
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I come to work, and I have a good time. I have no reason to change anything that I do.
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No Reason
Change Work Time
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No matter what business you are in, there is change, and it's happening pretty quickly.
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Happening
Quickly
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I went into radio in 1965 when I got a license for CJOR 600 AM. It was my second business.
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License
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When you live in Vancouver, you realize most of the population is in eastern North America.
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Eastern
North America
Population
Vancouver
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We all fail - I have failed so many times, but it never discourages me. I just pick up and go.
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Me Never Go
Failed
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People in the high-tech sector are living with change every hour. They can get up in the morning and find themselves behind already.
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Behind
High-Tech
Hour
Sector
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It's quite normal to hear of a change and see it as a problem, but it's probably an opportunity, depending on how quickly you can adjust.
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Normal
Adjust
Depending
Quickly
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When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me.
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Selling
Two Weeks
Hire
Objective
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What I like most about an aquarium is that all ages, from toddlers to pre-schoolers to retired grandparents, can really enjoy the wonders of the sea.
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Retired
Sea
Ages
Wonders
Toddlers
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In my job, I have many operations, so I tend to use time in my car to think. I get in the car after work and drive all night -11 hours, Vancouver to Banff.
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Car
All Night
Hours
Night
Operations
Vancouver
Time Work Car
Drive
Work Car Time
Tend
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Radio had been very good to me as a car dealer. It's flexible, and it's fast - you can get on the air in an hour and change your message - and compared to other types of media, it's very good value.
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Dealer
Flexible
Change Good Car
Change Car Good
Types
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My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.
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Christmas
Teacher
Band
Eight
Lessons
Symphony
Vancouver
Teacher Mother Me
Christmas Mother Me
Boy
Played
Bought
Concert
Trumpet
Grade
Junior
Took
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Today, public companies don't like the idea of conglomerates. People want to buy something in which they know where they are putting their money - into the food business or the oil and gas business. They don't want to put their money into a hodge-podge as a general rule.
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Gas
Business Money Food
General Rule
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I've made more mistakes than anyone I know. Sometimes I learned something, and sometimes I just find myself doing it again. It makes me mad when I wasn't smart enough to learn the first time. You just think it's going to be different the next time, and it's not, as it turns out.
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Different
Enough
First Time
Mad
Made
Next
Next Time
Smart
Turns
Time Myself Me
Again
Time Myself Enough
Anyone
Mistakes
Be Different
Doing
Find
First
Learn
Makes
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