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We're fabricating a state-of-the-art concessions system for our touring, so we can feed the people and give them everything they need without having to wait on it.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

You can't end negotiations unless you begin them. And you can't begin them if you continually negotiate about the terms to begin negotiations.

You can't bank on the outcome.

Another misconception is that an order is canceled when you hit 'cancel' on your computer. But, the fact is it's canceled only when the market gets the cancellation.

Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.

What I can say that's different in American television... in Britain, they wouldn't cancel something after a couple of episodes. In the States they would. They would just decide it's not working, take it off and put something else in on the fall schedule.

It's easier to cancel a show if it's expensive.

I would never cancel a tour unless I had real reasons and personal things that require my undivided attention.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.