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Alan Simpson
Statesman and Advocate
I loved legislating. So you have to pick what you like. I couldn't be a governor, couldn't be a president. Wouldn't be worth a whit. I'm not an administrator. I loved the hearings. I didn't love them, but I mean you learn from the hearings. And I did the floor management of big bills and I worked with guys on the other side of the aisle who didn't have my philosophy at all. Been there two years and my three ranking members are Ted Kennedy, Al Cranston and Gary Hart. I went to them, I said, "Look, you're all three running for president. I'm not going to hinder your quest, but don't you use this subcommittee for your quest." We made that, and the unfortunate thing in Washington now is people think the word "compromise" means wimp, that you were a wimp. And that's sick. Because if you don't learn how to compromise an issue without compromising yourself, you can't legislate. It won't happen.
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Frederick W. Smith
Founder, Federal Express
By the early '70s when I'd gotten out of the service it was very clear that this new society was coming in earnest. And so, at that point I said, "What the hell, let's try to put it together." And that's how FedEx came to be. And then from that point forward, the requirements for this type of system were so profound and so big, really for the next 25 years to this date we've simply been running just to keep up with the requirements. And that's what led to the hundreds of planes and the thousands of trucks. I wish it was something that I could say I was so smart. It was just like Pogo the Possum said, "If you want to be a great leader, find a big parade and run in front of it." And that's what we've been doing for the last quarter century.
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Stephen Sondheim
Award-winning Composer and Lyricist
The primary thing about Hal (Prince), for me, is his enthusiasm, and impatience. I'm a low flame and he's a high flame, and that's one of the things that makes us a good team. Coming away from any meeting with Hal, or a discussion on the phone, or anything like that, I always want to write. And in the case of Company Some of the shows I did with Hal, he was very much responsible for the building and the growth of the show. Some, like Sweeney Todd or Night Music, were just shows that were sort of brought to him. But Company Follies was brought to him. Jim Goldman and I brought it to him. But then he had a take on how to stage it, which then affected the writing. So the thing is, it's primarily about stimulation, and of course his theatrical imagination. I mean, apart from the skill too. But in terms of the personal.
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