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"The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world."
James F. Cooper
"The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world."
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"Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business."
Robert Falcon Scott
"Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business."
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"The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix."
Lawrence Eagleburger
"The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix."
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"I would suggest maintaining a life and a career outside the Industry. This is a fickle business and a lousy one to make a steady living in, so it's important to have a good family, friends, job and education to fall back on."
Fred Savage
"I would suggest maintaining a life and a career outside the Industry. This is a fickle business and a lousy one to make a steady living in, so it's important to have a good family, friends, job and education to fall back on."
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"But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I was too ignorant in business law to be able to do it right, and if I did it over again probably the same damn thing would happen."
Gordon Gould
"But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I was too ignorant in business law to be able to do it right, and if I did it over again probably the same damn thing would happen."
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"People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don't want to know nothing about you!"
Don Johnson
"People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don't want to know nothing about you!"
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"Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business."
Leo Burnett
"Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business."
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"That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues."
Rachel Bilson
"That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues."
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"My home has always been show business."
Sammy Davis, Jr.
"My home has always been show business."
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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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"Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business."
William Wycherley
"Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business."
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"It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means."
Daniel Clowes
"It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means."
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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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"These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television."
Tom Berenger
"These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television."
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"People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained."
Jerome K. Jerome
"People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained."
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"For the last five years I've been in the production business."
Chico Hamilton
"For the last five years I've been in the production business."
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"I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble."
Anita Roddick
"I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble."
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"I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that long because I went into show business."
Billy Eckstine
"I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that long because I went into show business."
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"As a restaurateur, my job is to basically control the chaos and the drama. There's always going to be chaos in the restaurant business."
Rocco DiSpirito
"As a restaurateur, my job is to basically control the chaos and the drama. There's always going to be chaos in the restaurant 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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"When you are in this business and this career, it's hard for any one thing to engulf you."
Nuno Bettencourt
"When you are in this business and this career, it's hard for any one thing to engulf you."
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"I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful."
Steve Guttenberg
"I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful."
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"Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying."
J. Paul Getty
"Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying."
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"The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business."
Larry King
"The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business."
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"I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business."
Wanda Sykes
"I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business."
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"There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy."
Sally Field
"There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy."
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"I would definitely stay in the business, be behind the camera maybe."
Devon Sawa
"I would definitely stay in the business, be behind the camera maybe."
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"Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop."
Allen Klein
"Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop."
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"The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created."
Ellen Tauscher
"The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created."
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"Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard, to do business."
Meg Whitman
"Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard, to do business."
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"The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business."
Peter Scott
"The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business."
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"What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career."
Paul Getty
"What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career."
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"I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody."
Claudette Colbert
"I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody."
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"Certainly there are bubble-like valuations of certain companies, but I don't think anyone out there believes that we're going to go back to doing business the way we used to do business."
James Daly
"Certainly there are bubble-like valuations of certain companies, but I don't think anyone out there believes that we're going to go back to doing business the way we used to do business."
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"I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what's already been there - like doing stage and singing and dancing in New York. I haven't been that far out of my comfort zone in a while."
Blair Underwood
"I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what's already been there - like doing stage and singing and dancing in New York. I haven't been that far out of my comfort zone in a while."
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"Even my agents say, We don't know what this business is anymore."
Tom Berenger
"Even my agents say, We don't know what this business is anymore."
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"On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married."
Scott Bakula
"On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married."
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"You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have."
Anthony Anderson
"You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have."
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"I'd still like to see 'Survivor' minus the planned show-biz parts. That would be the purest form of show business - I want to see someone so hungry that they eat somebody else's foot."
Albert Brooks
"I'd still like to see 'Survivor' minus the planned show-biz parts. That would be the purest form of show business - I want to see someone so hungry that they eat somebody else's foot."
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"I don't have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price."
Jason Patric
"I don't have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price."
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"I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles."
Zig Ziglar
"I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles."
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"Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight."
Henry R. Luce
"Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight."
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"Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business."
Christopher Lasch
"Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business."
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"The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent."
Jerry Stiller
"The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent."
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"Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics."
Herb Ritts
"Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics."
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"If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor."
Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor."
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"Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after ballot before there was a final nominee."
Michael Beschloss
"Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after ballot before there was a final nominee."
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"I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business."
Colin Baker
"I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business."
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"We live in the moment now where this whole movie business is crazy."
Javier Bardem
"We live in the moment now where this whole movie business is crazy."
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"Running a business is a serious thing."
Auliq Ice
"Running a business is a serious thing."
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