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Business Quotes
"At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business."
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"I started the site when I was 19. I didn't know much about business back then."
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"QuickBooks - the very fact that we could even dream to make something in the business arena, and that it would then succeed - was a total revolution to me."
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"In this business, you're either Brad Pitt right away, or you're already going down the ladder."
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"For every sleazeball in the business there are plenty of decent and wonderful people."
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"To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business."
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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."
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"Men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things."
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"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death."
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"I know that Montana is the greatest place in the world to raise a family, to start and grow a business. You know it, and I know it and now we will tell the world."
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"But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent."
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"There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business."
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"It wasn't so much that I had to leave to make it in the music business as I was curious to be out on my own and sort of explore. I never felt that where I was ever influenced my songwriting."
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"There are similarities between business and sport, in the pressures involved and in the fitness aspect too."
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"It is not the business of generals to shoot one another."
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"You've got to know business before you go to show business."
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"ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business."
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"The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time."
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"I can be very reserved about things. My business side isn't shy. I can be like a general. But I've got a shy side. I'm also a lot deeper than people think, and a lot more sensitive. But I don't let people in too much.'"
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"You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring 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."
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"My grandfather had a paint store. It's what put my mom through college. Small business is part of my family history."
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"One of Netscape's main attractions to customers from Day One is that we provide alternatives. And that's cherished by many customers - certainly not all."
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"As you know, the business is cyclic with styles. It's no different from clothing styles."
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"I'd like to see myself married with a child and hopefully still involved in the entertainment business as an actor who is also able to write a bit and direct some projects."
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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."
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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."
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"The rest of the world cares about how we conduct our affairs because they then take that lead. We're the only leader in the world today. Some are wishing us well, others think that we're down and are not going to get back up again, but they are all watching with great interest to see how we conduct our business over the next couple of years."
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"When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall."
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"The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem."
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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."
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