Michael Ovitz

I build on it.

And there are a lot of cultures that don't believe in that, and we're not one of them.

You know, we're 200 years old here.

We live in what I think is the greatest country in the history of mankind.

And it's all about...

What you can do and pull yourself up by your own bootstraps.

Don't give up.

You know, create that momentum.

It's okay to be competitive.

It's okay to be in a capitalist system.

I must say I marvel.

I got into a huge, I shouldn't talk about this on your podcast, but I got into a huge argument with a friend of my daughter's.

She's a rising young executive at Vogue.

She's 23, following in her mother's footsteps.

She's a great kid and sophisticated and smart and personable and sensitive.

She's got all the stuff.

One of her friends made a comment, and I make it a policy never to discuss politics at the dinner table because I always get in trouble.

And one of her friends said to me, said to the table that he had decided to support the mayoral candidate who happens to be a socialist.

And some people think he's a communist.

I'm not sure which he is.