Don Was
Don Was
Don Wasis an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was led the 1980s funk rock band Was. In later years he produced songs and albums for a large number of popular recording artists. In 2012, he became president of jazz music label Blue Note Records...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 September 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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We've lost tens of millions of dollars of business year after year over the last ten years.
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We've looked at some (locations) that have potential.
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Over half of those were contributing nothing to bottom line. They were costing us money. It's nice to lose those.
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Over the last five or six years, there's a lot more day-to-day contact between our offices on a whole host of things. You develop better working relations as a result of doing that. You hope that that translates into something which makes bargaining a little easier. But that's something you wait to find out.
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Pacific played better in game three, I thought. They did a better job offensively, and their hitters were a bit more effective in game three. I felt like we got careless serving and gave up chances to score points. It seemed like whenever we served the ball in, we were effective. They weren't passing all that well. We just needed to get the ball in play.
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Over the years, we've gone broke several times. The first time, 80 people contributed $50 out of their pocket.
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Our profit growth was a bit stronger than we expected.
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Our power play has got to get better.
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Our pitching has been very good and is what has carried us.
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Our goal is to deliver the seminars in as many public libraries as we can.
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Our feeling is, speaking only for ourselves, that it was a tie in Singapore. And it should be addressed.
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our credit card fees are up to 10 cents per gallon.
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Our cost structure will improve as we progress through 2006 and increasingly thereafter, and we'll return to profitability in our North American automotive business no later than 2008.
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Overall, I was pleased with the way we played. North Branford was tough. They're always physical. In the fourth quarter we made it exciting by turning the ball over a few times because of their pressure.