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"The business of America is business."
Calvin Coolidge
"The business of America is business."
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"When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills."
Daniel Goleman
"When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills."
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"Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world."
Bruce Barton
"Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world."
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"Now, when we face a problem like global warming, and you understand that the biggest impacts on global warming come from business and industry, I think business needs to take a leading role."
Jerry Greenfield
"Now, when we face a problem like global warming, and you understand that the biggest impacts on global warming come from business and industry, I think business needs to take a leading role."
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"It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform."
Hal Price
"It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform."
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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 better business decisions are made, economists won't make them."
Herbert Prochnow
"When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them."
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"At some point in any adult life, we have to understand that business decisions cannot be made with an emotional bias."
Carlos Wallace
"At some point in any adult life, we have to understand that business decisions cannot be made with an emotional bias."
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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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"There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions."
Robert Reich
"There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions."
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"Being authentic, and being perceived as such by your audience, relies on your ability to ensure that every decision you make when it comes to your business is rooted in being true to yourself."
Gary Vaynerchuk
"Being authentic, and being perceived as such by your audience, relies on your ability to ensure that every decision you make when it comes to your business is rooted in being true to yourself."
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"Good design is good business."
Thomas J. Watson
"Good design is good business."
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"Ignore the people who say that the sales industry needs to become professionalised: it already has."
Chris Murray
"Ignore the people who say that the sales industry needs to become professionalised: it already has."
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"What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!"
Henrik Ibsen
"What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!"
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"When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave."
Robbie Coltrane
"When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave."
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"What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign."
Dennis Miller
"What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign."
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"As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever.'"
Felicity Huffman
"As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever.'"
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"Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity."
Guy Laliberte
"Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity."
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"Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business."
Philip Johnson
"Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business."
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"A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy."
Rod Blagojevich
"A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy."
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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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"If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect."
Suzanne Vega
"If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect."
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"And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus."
Jim Cantalupo
"And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus."
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"Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty."
Steve Martin
"Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty."
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"I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine."
Barry Goldwater
"I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine."
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"In simple terms, we are aligning our business today with the way we believe future systems are going to be designed, acquired and maintained."
Phil Condit
"In simple terms, we are aligning our business today with the way we believe future systems are going to be designed, acquired and maintained."
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"Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families."
Melissa Bean
"Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families."
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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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"Business leaders cultivate vision to unify teams, the teams cultivate business to fulfill the vision."
Orrin Woodward
"Business leaders cultivate vision to unify teams, the teams cultivate business to fulfill the vision."
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"A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results."
B. C. Forbes
"A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results."
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"They will therefore not be in a hurry to risk their entire business by expanding too rapidly, but they are the major indicator of whether the manufacturing industry accepts there is a sustainable business in RFID production."
Mike Marsh
"They will therefore not be in a hurry to risk their entire business by expanding too rapidly, but they are the major indicator of whether the manufacturing industry accepts there is a sustainable business in RFID production."
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"This marriage is no one's business but our own."
Bobby Darin
"This marriage is no one's business but our own."
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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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"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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"Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help."
Donald Rumsfeld
"Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help."
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"Most startups actually start down and only go up if they catch the winds of market demand."
Ryan Lilly
"Most startups actually start down and only go up if they catch the winds of market demand."
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"The amount of data and analysis available for free is a true example of information explosion has leveled the playing field for individual investors."
Maria Bartiromo
"The amount of data and analysis available for free is a true example of information explosion has leveled the playing field for individual investors."
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"The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset."
Seth Godin
"The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset."
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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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"If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula."
Pat Buchanan
"If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula."
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"Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith."
Gore Vidal
"Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith."
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"Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business."
Peter Lynch
"Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business."
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"I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer."
Richard Branson
"I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer."
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"A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence."
Marvin Bower
"A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence."
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"You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt."
Gerald Brenan
"You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt."
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"I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles."
Julie Walters
"I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles."
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"Millions have been taken from me. If you are not on top of it and you make a lot of money, and you trust business managers, then, yes, money will be taken from you."
Stephanie Mills
"Millions have been taken from me. If you are not on top of it and you make a lot of money, and you trust business managers, then, yes, money will be taken from you."
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"We try to say it's creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the cost factor in crossing the boundaries that you do."
Skitch Henderson
"We try to say it's creative and in a manner it is creative, but it is a business, because today, with the cost factor in crossing the boundaries that you do."
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"My store, Wine Library, outsells big national chains. How do you think we do it? It started with hustle. I always say that our success wasn't due to my hundreds of online videos about wine that went viral, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships."
Gary Vaynerchuk
"My store, Wine Library, outsells big national chains. How do you think we do it? It started with hustle. I always say that our success wasn't due to my hundreds of online videos about wine that went viral, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships."
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