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"Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I have a distinctive look - it's partly the glasses I wear - and people seem to remember me once they've seen me."
Todd Solondz
"Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I have a distinctive look - it's partly the glasses I wear - and people seem to remember me once they've seen me."
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"So in 2000, when we changed the business model and started really focusing on that triangle and putting the customer in the center, we decided we should hold off - we've done enough consolidation; we've got enough critical mass."
Sanjay Kumar
"So in 2000, when we changed the business model and started really focusing on that triangle and putting the customer in the center, we decided we should hold off - we've done enough consolidation; we've got enough critical mass."
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"I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick."
Wentworth Miller
"I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick."
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"The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business."
James Cash Penney
"The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business."
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"This film business, perhaps more so in America than in Europe, has always been about young sexuality. It's not true of theatre, but in America, film audiences are young. It's not an intellectual cinema in America."
Jacqueline Bisset
"This film business, perhaps more so in America than in Europe, has always been about young sexuality. It's not true of theatre, but in America, film audiences are young. It's not an intellectual cinema in America."
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"We've got a low turnover management group and executive group who've grown up in the business."
Fred L. Turner
"We've got a low turnover management group and executive group who've grown up in the business."
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"If I've learned anything in this business, it's that you have to be fearless."
Jody Watley
"If I've learned anything in this business, it's that you have to be fearless."
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"When a business group tells us there is nothing wrong with the environment, naturally they may have good arguments, but we are also sceptical, because we know that they have an interest in these things."
Bjorn Lomborg
"When a business group tells us there is nothing wrong with the environment, naturally they may have good arguments, but we are also sceptical, because we know that they have an interest in these things."
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"See, I'm fortunate that I get around a lot because of my movie business."
Chuck Zito
"See, I'm fortunate that I get around a lot because of my movie business."
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"I know we didn't make an anti-Semitic film. This is what the Gospels are. And it's none of my business what other people think of me."
Jim Caviezel
"I know we didn't make an anti-Semitic film. This is what the Gospels are. And it's none of my business what other people think of me."
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"Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business."
Chuck Jones
"Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business."
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"So if I die, somebody else from the corporation will take over the business."
Alex Chiu
"So if I die, somebody else from the corporation will take over the business."
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"I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got."
Philip Seymour Hoffman
"I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got."
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"And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly."
Brent Spiner
"And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly."
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"The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy."
Paul Gillmor
"The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy."
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"You know honestly, I enjoy working with everyone because remember, these were all real pros that had been around the business a long time."
Burt Ward
"You know honestly, I enjoy working with everyone because remember, these were all real pros that had been around the business a long time."
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"It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward."
Caprice Bourret
"It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward."
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"I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large."
"I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large."
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"However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions."
Gerard Arpey
"However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions."
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"Why would they have gone to the trouble to hire the best comedy writers in the business to write funny material for us to play straight, if the children in our audience were the only audience."
Burt Ward
"Why would they have gone to the trouble to hire the best comedy writers in the business to write funny material for us to play straight, if the children in our audience were the only audience."
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"That doesn't mean you have to have the lowest costs in the industry to succeed. But you need to make sure the activities and product attributes that increase your costs above the other guy bring in at least that much more in revenue, and hopefully more."
Gerard Arpey
"That doesn't mean you have to have the lowest costs in the industry to succeed. But you need to make sure the activities and product attributes that increase your costs above the other guy bring in at least that much more in revenue, and hopefully more."
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"The purpose of a business is to create a customer."
Peter Drucker
"The purpose of a business is to create a customer."
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"Before I got in this business I was in the chicken business."
Chubby Checker
"Before I got in this business I was in the chicken business."
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"The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process."
Peter Bart
"The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process."
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"This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better."
Debra Wilson
"This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better."
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"Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and create new jobs which are critical components of economic growth, particularly within the small business community."
Howard Coble
"Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and create new jobs which are critical components of economic growth, particularly within the small business community."
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"I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs."
Ed Rendell
"I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs."
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"The way our business is, the way it works out, we end up being residents of everywhere."
Don Johnson
"The way our business is, the way it works out, we end up being residents of everywhere."
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"Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef."
Martin Yan
"Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef."
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"Secure our borders first. Let us know and let us make sure the American people know that we're taking care of the important business of dealing with the illegal immigration into this country. You cannot begin to address the concerns of the people who are already here unless and until you have made certain that no more are coming in behind them."
Michael Steele
"Secure our borders first. Let us know and let us make sure the American people know that we're taking care of the important business of dealing with the illegal immigration into this country. You cannot begin to address the concerns of the people who are already here unless and until you have made certain that no more are coming in behind them."
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"You can never get to a place of comfort in this business. As soon as you hit that little cushy spot, somebody's gonna kick you out. So I have a constant need to do it better."
Charlize Theron
"You can never get to a place of comfort in this business. As soon as you hit that little cushy spot, somebody's gonna kick you out. So I have a constant need to do it better."
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"Over 90% of people go home at the end of the day feeling unfulfilled by their work, and I won't stop working until that statistic is reversed - until over 90% of people go home and can honestly say, 'I love what I do'."
Simon Sinek
"Over 90% of people go home at the end of the day feeling unfulfilled by their work, and I won't stop working until that statistic is reversed - until over 90% of people go home and can honestly say, 'I love what I do'."
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"I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail."
Dick Wolf
"I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail."
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"I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher."
Martin Yan
"I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher."
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"We will probably always be in business together."
Mary-Kate Olsen
"We will probably always be in business together."
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"Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year."
James Daly
"Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year."
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"The digital business is a fantastic business to be in. The only thing you have to do is build a cost structure for a declining business, which is different from the structure for a growing business."
Antonio Perez
"The digital business is a fantastic business to be in. The only thing you have to do is build a cost structure for a declining business, which is different from the structure for a growing business."
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"I'm a committed Christian. I worship in my own way. That's my business. That's not the business of the pharisees who are going to preach to me about what I do and then do something else."
Howard Dean
"I'm a committed Christian. I worship in my own way. That's my business. That's not the business of the pharisees who are going to preach to me about what I do and then do something else."
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"The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery."
Maria Monk
"The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery."
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"Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base."
Gavin Newsom
"Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base."
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"I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side."
Billie Jean King
"I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side."
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"The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark."
Jack Anderson
"The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark."
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"Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable."
Aneurin Bevan
"Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable."
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"Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives."
Paul Kane
"Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives."
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"If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up."
Brent Spiner
"If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up."
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"Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether."
Michael Newdow
"Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether."
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"Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people."
Richard M. Nixon
"Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people."
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"Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business."
David Neeleman
"Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business."
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"We're all somebody's prospect, we're all somebody's customer."
Chris Murray
"We're all somebody's prospect, we're all somebody's customer."
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"I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business."
Stephen Ambrose
"I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business."
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