Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
"It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do."
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Smart People
7 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Chris Rock
Comedian, Actor, Writer
"If your work is so smart that only smart people get it, it's not that smart."
Dolly Parton
Singer, Songwriter, Actress
"I have surrounded myself with very smart people."
Amy Pascal
Film Producer
"Kevin Feige and I have very smart people who work for us, who make sure that we see everything. And that we actually see everything. They see everything, tell us about it, we see it. You have to have people who work with you, who say 'you have to look at this film'. And then you look at it. You really have to look at it. You have to look at movies all the time."
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