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"I think the show has sort of given me a name in this business and allowed a lot of people the opportunity to see what I can do, and it's just sort of like a sweet starting point."

"I think the show has sort of given me a name in this business and allowed a lot of people the opportunity to see what I can do, and it's just sort of like a sweet starting point."

Shiri Appleby, American Actress

Business, People, Opportunity, Name

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"Show business is made up of disappointments, and it's through life's disappointments that you grow."

"Show business is made up of disappointments, and it's through life's disappointments that you grow."

Minnie Pearl, American Musician

Business, Life, Disappointments

34

"We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album."

"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, American Musician

Business, Thought, Company

34

"There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses."

"There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses."

David Cameron, British Politician

Business, Time, Banks, Now

33

"I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy."

"I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy."

Rick Pitino, American Athlete

Business, Experience, Being, Now

33

"Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs."

"Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs."

Charley Pride, American Athlete

Business, Beliefs, Religious

33

"Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October."

"Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October."

Peter Bart, American Editor

Business, Disney, Entertainment, Intention

33

"We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else."

"We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else."

Ray Kroc, American Businessman

33

"The government must do all it can to help reduce interest rates for business."

"The government must do all it can to help reduce interest rates for business."

Pauline Hanson, Australian Politician

Business, Government, Help, Interest

33

"I'm not into business at all."

"I'm not into business at all."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

33

"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."

"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, American Politician

Business, Idea, Entrepreneurs, Familiarity

33

"The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do."

"The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Business, Change, Time

33

"Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years before I got in it, so I guess he's had enough of it."

"Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years before I got in it, so I guess he's had enough of it."

Bootsy Collins, American Musician

Business, Home, Guitar, Years

33

"It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted."

"It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Business, Time, Act, Potential

33

"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."

"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, American Politician

Business, Ability, America, Nation

33

"I came from a real working-class show business family."

"I came from a real working-class show business family."

Sally Field, American Actress

Business, Family

33

"The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit."

"The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit."

John Buchanan Robinson, American Politician

Business, Money, Credit

33

"When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry."

"When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry."

Don Bluth, American Artist

Business, Animation, Decisions

33

"It's unfortunate that music has become such big business."

"It's unfortunate that music has become such big business."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

Business, Music

33

"There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them."

"There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them."

Betty Grable, American Actress

33

"You say he's childish, but he's very professional about business transactions."

"You say he's childish, but he's very professional about business transactions."

Martin Bashir, British Journalist

33

"What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history."

"What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history."

Nancy Sinatra, American Musician

Business, History, Music, Right

33

"Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry."

"Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry."

Arthur Levitt, American Public Servant

Business, Technology, Competition, Globalization

33

"You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school."

"You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Business, Selling, Now, School

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"We started getting the script to different people and we were in the business of trying to fund it so we could get it off and running, and all the characters and sets designed and everything."

"We started getting the script to different people and we were in the business of trying to fund it so we could get it off and running, and all the characters and sets designed and everything."

Don Bluth, American Artist

Business, People, Running, Trying

33

"TV journalism is a much more collaborative, horizontal business than print reporting. It has to be, because of the logistics. Anchors are wholly dependent on producers to do all the hustling."

"TV journalism is a much more collaborative, horizontal business than print reporting. It has to be, because of the logistics. Anchors are wholly dependent on producers to do all the hustling."

Tina Brown, American Editor

Business, Journalism

33

"Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest."

"Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest."

Martin Feldstein, American Economist

Business, Inflation

33

"I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company."

"I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company."

Don Henley, American Musician

Business, Company, Right

33

"It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut."

"It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut."

Philip Stanhope, British Statesman

Business, Eyes, Folly, Fraud

33

"I've found that in business opportunities will constantly emerge or situations develop that make you revise your plans along the way."

"I've found that in business opportunities will constantly emerge or situations develop that make you revise your plans along the way."

Benjamin Cohen, English Journalist

33

"One of the things that happens in the business is that success is a very strange thing in that if you are involved in something very successful the next person wants you to repeat it."

"One of the things that happens in the business is that success is a very strange thing in that if you are involved in something very successful the next person wants you to repeat it."

Elmer Bernstein, American Composer

Business, Success, Successful

33

"Music is spiritual. The music business is not."

"Music is spiritual. The music business is not."

Van Morrison, British Musician

Business, Music, Spiritual

33

"Yes, I would love to play one of the leads in one these movies and have all those challenges and deal with all those complications, but the business being what it is, there is a slot for me in these kinds of films, so I enjoy them, and I enjoy the people that I work with."

"Yes, I would love to play one of the leads in one these movies and have all those challenges and deal with all those complications, but the business being what it is, there is a slot for me in these kinds of films, so I enjoy them, and I enjoy the people that I work with."

Joe Morton, American Actor

Business, Love, Movies, Work

33

"I like the gypsy aspect of this business."

"I like the gypsy aspect of this business."

Jimmy Smits, American Actor

33

"I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business."

"I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business."

Diana Ross, American Actress

Business, Fans, Want

33

"In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times."

"In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times."

Sonny Perdue, American Politician

Business, Government, World

33

"I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient."

"I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Business, People, Film, Will

33

"Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce."

"Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Business, Knowledge, Commerce, Laws

33

"I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass."

"I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

33

"The business has changed greatly since my day."

"The business has changed greatly since my day."

Perry Como, American Musician

33

"We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative."

"We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative."

Seth Godin, American Writer

Business, Quality, Remarkable, Initiative

33

"We have to get away from the class warfare and recognize that we are growing jobs by helping small business."

"We have to get away from the class warfare and recognize that we are growing jobs by helping small business."

Norm Coleman, American Politician

Business, Class, Jobs

33

"I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations."

"I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations."

Ralph Nader, American Lawyer

Business, Being, Corporations, Separation

33

"The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern."

"The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern."

John B. S. Haldane, British Scientist

Business, Concern, Desire, Extreme

33

"If we're going to create the best business climate to create higher paying jobs and retain our young people, we're going to have to build a workforce prepared for the opportunities of the future."

"If we're going to create the best business climate to create higher paying jobs and retain our young people, we're going to have to build a workforce prepared for the opportunities of the future."

John Hoeven, American Politician

Business, People, Climate, Future

33

"County government can be simplified greatly by reorganizing and consolidating some of the offices, making others appointive, and reducing salaries in keeping with the salaries paid by private business for the performance of similar duties."

"County government can be simplified greatly by reorganizing and consolidating some of the offices, making others appointive, and reducing salaries in keeping with the salaries paid by private business for the performance of similar duties."

Arthur Capper, American Politician

Business, Government, Performance

33

"The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out."

"The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

Business, Music, Time

33

"I'm not going to give up doing interesting things. I'm going to do it as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business."

"I'm not going to give up doing interesting things. I'm going to do it as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business."

Jessica Biel, American Actress

Business, Longevity

33

"Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists."

"Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists."

Wietse Venema, Dutch Scientist

Business, Effort, Software

33

"At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business."

"At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business."

Jim Walton, American Businessman

Business, Journalism

33

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