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"Great companies are built on great products."
Elon Musk
"Great companies are built on great products."
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"Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country."
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"I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life."
David Eddings
"I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life."
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"The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead."
Jane Byrne
"The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead."
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"Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes."
Dave Barry
"Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes."
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"Anybody who finds it easy to make money on the horses is probably in the dog food business."
Franklin P. Jones
"Anybody who finds it easy to make money on the horses is probably in the dog food business."
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"I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things."
Daryl Hannah
"I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things."
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"So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough."
Amanda Bynes
"So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough."
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"Our fathers were actually business partners in the same real-estate firm, and we got together and thought, How can we get a movie together and get distribution and create a new movie genre? We started by making satires of commercials."
David Zucker
"Our fathers were actually business partners in the same real-estate firm, and we got together and thought, How can we get a movie together and get distribution and create a new movie genre? We started by making satires of commercials."
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"I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death."
Leon Redbone
"I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death."
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"My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business."
Harry Houdini
"My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business."
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"I figure anything over 13 weeks in this business is pretty good."
Wink Martindale
"I figure anything over 13 weeks in this business is pretty good."
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"Unfortunately, the worst part of a product/service is the seller."
Alin Sav
"Unfortunately, the worst part of a product/service is the seller."
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"Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and meet all kinds of different people and maybe be famous. It was just exciting. So I wasn't scared."
January Jones
"Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and meet all kinds of different people and maybe be famous. It was just exciting. So I wasn't scared."
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"Entrepreneurship is an art, you do it because you love it."
Farshad Asl
"Entrepreneurship is an art, you do it because you love it."
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"We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album."
Rick Allen
"We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album."
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"Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution."
Elon Musk
"Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution."
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"I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern."
Brent Spiner
"I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern."
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"Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect."
Michael Porter
"Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect."
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"Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere."
Arthur E. Waite
"Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere."
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"The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard."
Andrew Eldritch
"The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard."
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"Practically every day, there is a story in the newspapers about a new breakthrough drug on Parkinson's."
Mort Kondracke
"Practically every day, there is a story in the newspapers about a new breakthrough drug on Parkinson's."
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"Warren Spector is amazing, and his team is as good as any in the business. Shame to see all the revenues from their game entangled with all the madness of the Dallas office."
Mike Wilson
"Warren Spector is amazing, and his team is as good as any in the business. Shame to see all the revenues from their game entangled with all the madness of the Dallas office."
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"Business leaders shape public opinion."
Marvin Bower
"Business leaders shape public opinion."
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"I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes."
Ann Beattie
"I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes."
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"My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap."
Lisa Bonet
"My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap."
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"We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old songs from Gravity and Speechless and we'd been performing that, but we don't do that any more."
Fred Frith
"We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old songs from Gravity and Speechless and we'd been performing that, but we don't do that any more."
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"Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one."
Stendhal
"Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one."
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"I don't know anything about cars. A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. I'm not that old, and I think the business principles are the same."
Edward Whitacre, Jr.
"I don't know anything about cars. A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. I'm not that old, and I think the business principles are the same."
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"I'm not into business at all."
Freddie Mercury
"I'm not into business at all."
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"You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you're an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party... My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other."
Gary Vaynerchuk
"You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you're an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party... My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other."
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"Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world."
Gavin Newsom
"Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world."
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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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"You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage."
Herb Alpert
"You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage."
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"I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't."
Steve Martin
"I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't."
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"The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital part of the nation's infrastructure."
Joe Baca
"The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital part of the nation's infrastructure."
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"I came from a real working-class show business family."
Sally Field
"I came from a real working-class show business family."
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"American business has just forgotten the importance of selling."
Barry Goldwater
"American business has just forgotten the importance of selling."
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"I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions."
Pete du Pont
"I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions."
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"We understand that the real market value of Blockbuster may never be fully realized as a wholly owned part of Viacom."
Sumner Redstone
"We understand that the real market value of Blockbuster may never be fully realized as a wholly owned part of Viacom."
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"I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners."
Henry Kravis
"I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners."
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"Which to this day is a source of enormous guilt, because I left with three classes to go in the business school to sign a contract with 20th Century Fox."
Tom Selleck
"Which to this day is a source of enormous guilt, because I left with three classes to go in the business school to sign a contract with 20th Century Fox."
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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 you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?"
Katie Price
"If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?"
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"I do most of my business on that dirty Internet that you were just talking about, where I find there is a lot of freedom to report exactly what I want."
Matt Drudge
"I do most of my business on that dirty Internet that you were just talking about, where I find there is a lot of freedom to report exactly what I want."
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"In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement, even when it is unfavorable, is the most precious of assets, although it is not entered in the balance sheet."
Lord Chandos
"In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement, even when it is unfavorable, is the most precious of assets, although it is not entered in the balance sheet."
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"Ronald has had bicycle safety and safety in the home. Yes, Ronald is McDonald's, second most recognised figure after Santa Claus, and there's an element of obviously benefiting your business."
Jim Cantalupo
"Ronald has had bicycle safety and safety in the home. Yes, Ronald is McDonald's, second most recognised figure after Santa Claus, and there's an element of obviously benefiting your business."
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"I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers."
Jack Kilby
"I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers."
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"I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column, and join Newsday, which wanted my column for its Sunday business section."
Allan Sloan
"I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column, and join Newsday, which wanted my column for its Sunday business section."
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"It's all a matter of how agents want to handle their clients."
Lorrie Fair
"It's all a matter of how agents want to handle their clients."
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