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"We cannot certainly, have any excuse either for taking any thing that belongs to our masters without their leave, or for being unfaithful in their business."
Jupiter Hammon
"We cannot certainly, have any excuse either for taking any thing that belongs to our masters without their leave, or for being unfaithful in their business."
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"These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly."
Mark Lawrenson
"These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly."
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"What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality."
William Devane
"What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality."
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"Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business."
Garet Garrett
"Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business."
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"Negative things, and they were all deliberate and I'm not going to say who they were but I know who they were and it was in the business, and that's not a good sign."
Andrew Lloyd Webber
"Negative things, and they were all deliberate and I'm not going to say who they were but I know who they were and it was in the business, and that's not a good sign."
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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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"We had all this kind of freedom and 'get out of your head' kind of stuff and at the same time, we were trying to establish ourselves in the business. These two things are really difficult to bring together."
Michael Davis
"We had all this kind of freedom and 'get out of your head' kind of stuff and at the same time, we were trying to establish ourselves in the business. These two things are really difficult to bring together."
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"I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better."
Steve Jobs
"I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better."
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"We have to be a state where business is welcome and jobs are created. We have to demand value for what is spent and we need to continue to resist a lottery."
Jesse Helms
"We have to be a state where business is welcome and jobs are created. We have to demand value for what is spent and we need to continue to resist a lottery."
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"I believe that one-product wonders come and go."
Kevin Rollins
"I believe that one-product wonders come and go."
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"Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers."
Gary Miller
"Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers."
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"Big business has no party and never shall have."
Haley Barbour
"Big business has no party and never shall have."
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"Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty years' business career, from which I had retired."
William Banting
"Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty years' business career, from which I had retired."
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"In this business it's difficult to make plans. I think the plans follow you and find you."
Julie London
"In this business it's difficult to make plans. I think the plans follow you and find you."
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"At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business."
Jim Walton
"At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business."
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"If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing business at all."
Leo Burnett
"If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing business at all."
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"I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice."
George Mason
"I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice."
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"I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life."
Dick Schaap
"I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life."
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"Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money."
James Daly
"Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money."
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"We wanted to enjoy what we were doing and we had business things we had to straighten out and personnel problems and it sort of took a little time to do it."
Debbie Harry
"We wanted to enjoy what we were doing and we had business things we had to straighten out and personnel problems and it sort of took a little time to do it."
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"The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
Ronald Reagan
"The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
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"I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that I think after directors have been around a while sometimes, not always, but sometimes their passion gets siphoned off because they get hurt."
Ellen Burstyn
"I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that I think after directors have been around a while sometimes, not always, but sometimes their passion gets siphoned off because they get hurt."
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"You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it."
Colin Quinn
"You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it."
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"Come to West Virginia and we'll show you how to live... how to treat people. We're open for business. West Virginia is truly on the move."
Joe Manchin
"Come to West Virginia and we'll show you how to live... how to treat people. We're open for business. West Virginia is truly on the move."
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"Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster."
Bob Ney
"Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster."
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"I may quit the music business someday, but never the music."
Dan Fogelberg
"I may quit the music business someday, but never the music."
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"It doesn't interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan. I don't want to be in the Harrison Ford business. I take what I do seriously, but I don't take myself seriously."
Harrison Ford
"It doesn't interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan. I don't want to be in the Harrison Ford business. I take what I do seriously, but I don't take myself seriously."
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"I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything."
Lou Reed
"I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything."
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"A shady business never yields a sunny life."
B. C. Forbes
"A shady business never yields a sunny life."
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"Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business."
Warren Spahn
"Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business."
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"I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment."
Walt Disney
"I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment."
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"Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation."
Steve Jobs
"Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation."
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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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"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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"Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices."
Lesley Garrett
"Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices."
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"Professional sports is a business."
Lynn Swann
"Professional sports is a business."
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"Fortunately we've been shooting in North Carolina which means we're not in LA where you can hear people talking about you and you know so much about what's going on in the business."
Katie Holmes
"Fortunately we've been shooting in North Carolina which means we're not in LA where you can hear people talking about you and you know so much about what's going on in the business."
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"The bronze powder business, however, no longer required my personal attention, and was well managed by those I had chosen as the guardians of a secret, which was long and honourably kept."
Henry Bessemer
"The bronze powder business, however, no longer required my personal attention, and was well managed by those I had chosen as the guardians of a secret, which was long and honourably kept."
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"Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth."
Gary Vaynerchuk
"Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth."
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"Despite the painful changes we have had to make, we continue to believe in the St. Louis market. And we are hoping to add flights, in a careful way, as the economics of our business improve and the demands of the traveling public in St. Louis become clear."
Gerard Arpey
"Despite the painful changes we have had to make, we continue to believe in the St. Louis market. And we are hoping to add flights, in a careful way, as the economics of our business improve and the demands of the traveling public in St. Louis become clear."
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"Nowadays, business is all about productivity - and our folks produce."
John Hoeven
"Nowadays, business is all about productivity - and our folks produce."
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"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business."
Jeff Bezos
"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business."
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"It's the most unglamourous glamour business in the world."
Minnie Pearl
"It's the most unglamourous glamour business in the world."
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"Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business."
Robert Stack
"Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business."
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"Now, when we face a problem like global warming, and you understand that the biggest impacts on global warming come from business and industry, I think business needs to take a leading role."
Jerry Greenfield
"Now, when we face a problem like global warming, and you understand that the biggest impacts on global warming come from business and industry, I think business needs to take a leading role."
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"It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business."
Theodore Parker
"It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business."
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"Business is in itself a power."
Garet Garrett
"Business is in itself a power."
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"Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors."
Ben Stiller
"Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors."
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"And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business."
Shaquille O'Neal
"And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business."
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