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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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"Personally, I think that for example the chemical directive in its present form does too much damage to the chemical industry - especially the medium sized businesses - and will hurt our worldwide competitiveness."
Angela Merkel
"Personally, I think that for example the chemical directive in its present form does too much damage to the chemical industry - especially the medium sized businesses - and will hurt our worldwide competitiveness."
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"That my business success is equal to my personal life."
Merv Griffin
"That my business success is equal to my personal life."
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"When you're eight years old nothing is your business."
Lenny Bruce
"When you're eight years old nothing is your 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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"Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them."
Friedrich Durrenmatt
"Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them."
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"There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business."
Matthew Lesko
"There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business."
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"That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about."
Winona Ryder
"That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about."
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"It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit."
Ruth Handler
"It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit."
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"I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children."
Peter Brimelow
"I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children."
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"Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches."
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
"Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches."
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"You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself."
Elle Macpherson
"You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself."
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"First of all, just knowing people who grew up in the movie business at that time, no one had Mexican maids."
Bill Condon
"First of all, just knowing people who grew up in the movie business at that time, no one had Mexican maids."
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"No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment."
Jared Diamond
"No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment."
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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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"It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is business as usual, politics of corruption."
Darrell Issa
"It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is business as usual, politics of corruption."
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"LinkedIn was an amazing deal for us to do because of their mission."
Satya Nadella
"LinkedIn was an amazing deal for us to do because of their mission."
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"I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet."
Chris Robinson
"I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet."
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"Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink."
Leo Burnett
"Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink."
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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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"No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found."
Samuel Beckett
"No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found."
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"Don't sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell."
Richie Norton
"Don't sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell."
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"We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business."
Rick Perry
"We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business."
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"The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians."
Robert Shea
"The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians."
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"One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both."
Abraham Lincoln
"One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both."
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"I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business."
Little Richard
"I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business."
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"I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front."
Mel Brooks
"I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front."
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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 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 people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people."
Kevin Costner
"I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people."
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"I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing."
Izaak Walton
"I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing."
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"The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time."
Matthew Hale
"The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time."
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"If there's anything disgusting in the movie business, it is the whoredom of my peers."
Sean Penn
"If there's anything disgusting in the movie business, it is the whoredom of my peers."
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"Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business."
Washington Irving
"Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business."
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"Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business."
John Mica
"Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business."
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"I had business experience. I had made my living designing and building electronic equipment. Basic business was not new to me, but the music business was completely new to me. I knew nothing about distribution, or any of those things."
Greg Ginn
"I had business experience. I had made my living designing and building electronic equipment. Basic business was not new to me, but the music business was completely new to me. I knew nothing about distribution, or any of those things."
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"If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face."
Michael Eisner
"If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face."
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"Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."
Stephen Leacock
"Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."
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"Again, talent is the real import of being in the business."
Bobby Sherman
"Again, talent is the real import of being in the business."
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"According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third."
Kit Bond
"According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third."
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"I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought to have made much more than I did by this really important invention."
Henry Bessemer
"I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought to have made much more than I did by this really important invention."
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"It's really impossible to project ahead even six months in this business."
Julie London
"It's really impossible to project ahead even six months in this business."
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"A high-performing digital mind can think logically, but outside of the box as well."
Pearl Zhu
"A high-performing digital mind can think logically, but outside of the box as well."
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"When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able to control both political parties equally."
Carroll Quigley
"When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able to control both political parties equally."
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"The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you."
Charles Dickens
"The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you."
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"Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made."
Kiana Tom
"Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made."
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"The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds."
Marshall McLuhan
"The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds."
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"Great companies are built on great products."
Elon Musk
"Great companies are built on great products."
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