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  • Koplovitz: Collect Memories, Not Material Things

    By CNBC | Off the Cuff – Fri, Jan 18, 2013 7:20 AM EST

    Kay Koplovitz reached for the stars – literally – and helped change the way we watch television. Koplovitz is a pioneer in the cable television industry. In 1977, she became the first woman to head a TV network when she founded USA Networks (USAI), under the banner of Madison Square Garden Sports. Then, in 1992, she helped launch the Sci Fi Channel, now known as the Syfy Channel.

    Her light bulb moment came in the mid ‘60s, when Koplovitz was a young student, backpacking through Europe. “I saw this poster for a lecture on satellites, and I thought, ‘Satellites? That will be interesting. …I think I’ll go in there and listen to that lecture.’ I did, and it changed my life,” she told Off The Cuff.

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  • Gov. Rick Perry: ‘I’ve Made It!’

    By CNBC | Off the Cuff – Tue, Jan 15, 2013 6:40 PM EST

    "When I got to go to college, I had made it. When I got to be a pilot in the U.S. Air Force I had really made it. When I was elected by my neighbors to go represent them in the legislature, I had made it. The idea that a kid who grew up in a house that didn’t have running water would someday be the governor of I think arguably the greatest state in the nation… I made it.”

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    In an interview with Off The Cuff, Rick Perry (R), the 47th governor of Texas, talked about his unlikely path to the Governor’s Mansion, his daily routine and his hobby -- hunting.

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  • The Best Advice in Business

    By CNBC | Off the Cuff – Sun, Jan 13, 2013 10:59 PM EST

    The path to success in business is littered with advice -- good, and bad. With so much at stake, whose tips should you take? We asked eight leaders in their field: what’s the best advice you’ve been given?

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    Jerry Storch, Chairman and CEO of Toys R Us says he was counseled to take daily stock –- of himself. “Stare at yourself in the mirror, and say: ‘Do I respect that person? And will I be proud of what I’ve done, what he’s done?’ And act appropriately”, he told "Off The Cuff."

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  • Oliver Stone: I Learned Nothing From the Rich

    By CNBC | Off the Cuff – Fri, Jan 11, 2013 6:19 AM EST

    “I’ve been around many rich people in my life. I don’t think I’ve learned anything from them. I think most of them are highly tense, anxious individuals who have not shared with me the great wisdom that I’m getting from people from different walks of life, sometimes much humbler."

    That’s Oliver Stone, talking to “Off the Cuff” about some of the wealthy people who bankroll his movies.

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    He recently sat down with “Off the Cuff” and was blunt, outrageous and controversial -- the cantankerous filmmaker we’ve come to know over the years and who has brought us classics such as “Wall Street.” Now in his late ‘60s, Stone – one of Hollywood’s most original storytellers, or an untempered conspiracy theorist, depending on your view – remains as rebellious as ever.

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