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The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say ‘we’ll let it go this time,’ you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.

Bill Kurtis

You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.
BILL KURTIS

Honest Income Needs Track
If you’re a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot – and you’re willing to spend a bundle to get it.
BILL KURTIS

Bundles Money Much Produce
If you’re a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot – and you’re willing to spend a bundle to get it.
BILL KURTIS

Bundles Much Producer Want
In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it’s pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.
BILL KURTIS

Country Everyone Job Jobs Next
I never wanted to retire. I wanted to kind of shift my work pattern so I could stay fresh and invigorated, and use the experience that I had gained in 30 years, but in a slightly different direction.
BILL KURTIS

Different Experience Use Wanted Years
The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say ‘we’ll let it go this time,’ you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.
BILL KURTIS

Boss Important Let Go Minute Time
I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.
BILL KURTIS

East Kansas Looks
I believe that young people are looking for answers to the big questions just like everyone else, and that they respect intelligent comment to help guide them through tough times.
BILL KURTIS

Believe Intelligent People Question
I travel so much on stories, so I don’t take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.
BILL KURTIS

Again Stories Travel Vacation
I think I’m so old I’m in. We call it the ‘Tony Bennett Syndrome.’ For some reason, young people think I’m cool.
BILL KURTIS

People Reason Thinking
First of all, I’m a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it’s at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There’s just a good feel to it.
BILL KURTIS

Country First Friendly Kansas Stockyard
Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.
BILL KURTIS

Away Passing Replayed Singers Stars
Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney’s office leading.
BILL KURTIS

Leading Office Sports Towns
There’s room for a diversity of ages on television.
BILL KURTIS

Age Diversity Television
My personal philosophy is I’m running a 100-yard dash, and I haven’t reached the end.
BILL KURTIS

Hygiene Philosophy Running
There’s something magical about putting yourself into life. You’ve got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.
BILL KURTIS

Magic Responsibility Taking

The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say ‘we’ll let it go this time,’ you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.

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The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say ‘we’ll let it go this time,’ you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.

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