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"The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately."

"The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately."

Catherine Bell, British Model

Business, Being, Pretty, Woman

10

"Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year."

"Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year."

James Daly, American Actor

10

"The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths."

"The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths."

Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat

Business, Poetry, Myths

10

"When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'"

"When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'"

Mitch Daniels, American Politician

Business, Money, Act, Citizenship

10

"Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences."

"Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences."

Vince Cable, British Politician

Business, Financial, Balance, Banks

10

"In and of itself, keeping the country safe for business is not a bad thing."

"In and of itself, keeping the country safe for business is not a bad thing."

Peter Schuyler, English Politician

Business, Country

10

"I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed."

"I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed."

Gabriel Byrne, Irish Actor

Business, Attention, Being, Public

10

"In this business, I don't know how you can have a plan or how you can orchestrate anything. But I've been lucky with my choices. I'm very strong-willed, so I've been able to stick with it. I'm lucky there."

"In this business, I don't know how you can have a plan or how you can orchestrate anything. But I've been lucky with my choices. I'm very strong-willed, so I've been able to stick with it. I'm lucky there."

January Jones, American Actress

Business, Choices

10

"That's pretty much why I went into show business because I wanted to have a guitar and sing unaccompanied, that was like my fantasy of the perfect life."

"That's pretty much why I went into show business because I wanted to have a guitar and sing unaccompanied, that was like my fantasy of the perfect life."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

Business, Life, Fantasy, Guitar

10

"First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business."

"First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

Business, Movies, First, Want

10

"Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens."

"Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens."

Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer

Business, Magic, Sammy Davis, Jr.

10

"Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs."

"Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Business, Money, Virtue, Ability, Being

10

"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."

"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, American Author

Business, Intelligence, People

10

"Even the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you. Everybody is in the business."

"Even the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you. Everybody is in the business."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Business, Restaurants

10

"Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting."

"Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting."

John Hurt, British Actor

Business, People, Acting

10

"When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business."

"When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Business, Wedding, Opportunity, Dress

10

"I recorded with Sinatra, but the recording business is a very strange strata right now."

"I recorded with Sinatra, but the recording business is a very strange strata right now."

Skitch Henderson, American Musician

Business, Now, Right

10

"I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap."

"I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

Business, Talking

10

"We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel."

"We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel."

Lakshmi Mittal, Indian Industrialist

10

"It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform."

"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, American Actor

Business, Money

10

"I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that."

"I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that."

Jeffrey Donovan, American Actor

Business, People, Job

10

"They keep the old business. We keep the ongoing business."

"They keep the old business. We keep the ongoing business."

Harvey Weinstein, American Producer

10

"I'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business."

"I'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business."

Kate Moss, English Model

Business, Forget

10

"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."

"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."

Brian Schweitzer, American Politician

Business, Family, Montana, Now

10

"Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives."

"Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives."

Paul Kane, English Writer

Business, Computer, Lonely, Words

10

"Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it."

"Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it."

Ben Hecht, American Writer

Business, First, Law, Trouble

10

"The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones."

"The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones."

Bill Forsyth, Scottish Director

Business, People, Authority, Decisions

10

"By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway."

"By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway."

Dave Van Ronk, American Musician

10

"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."

"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."

Matthew Sweet, American Musician

Business, Music

10

"I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it."

"I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

Business, Force, Trying

10

"Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor."

"Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Business, Labor, Machines, May

10

"If our republican form of government is perishing because communications - the infrastructure of that republic - is under the yoke of international business how, at last, do we save it? We must build a confrontational movement to reclaim our democracy, a movement committed to active and sustained protest against the present order."

"If our republican form of government is perishing because communications - the infrastructure of that republic - is under the yoke of international business how, at last, do we save it? We must build a confrontational movement to reclaim our democracy, a movement committed to active and sustained protest against the present order."

Mark Lloyd, American Public Servant

Business, Government, Democracy, Order

10

"The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business."

"The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business."

Peter Scott, English Artist

Business, Being

10

"I think Microsoft will have to change. I think that the business of Microsoft, the company of Microsoft, is going to continue to succeed. But I think the business model of Microsoft is going to have to change."

"I think Microsoft will have to change. I think that the business of Microsoft, the company of Microsoft, is going to continue to succeed. But I think the business model of Microsoft is going to have to change."

Tim O'Reilly, American Publisher

Business, Change, Company, Succeed

10

"I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades."

"I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades."

Peter Asher, English Musician

Business, Music, Being

10

"A broad trend I'm completely obsessed with is mobile commerce. Like completely. I'm completely convinced that everybody's going to be buying from their mobile devices. Whoever can claim that space or be in that space, I'm very interested in."

"A broad trend I'm completely obsessed with is mobile commerce. Like completely. I'm completely convinced that everybody's going to be buying from their mobile devices. Whoever can claim that space or be in that space, I'm very interested in."

Gary Vaynerchuk, American Entrepreneur

Business, Mobile Commerce, Business Trends, Technology

10

"I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that."

"I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that."

Billy Eckstine, American Musician

Business, Idea, Being

10

"We're no longer a small business; we're a large organization spread around the world. I can't imagine Netscape growing as fast as it has if it weren't for the way we use our products."

"We're no longer a small business; we're a large organization spread around the world. I can't imagine Netscape growing as fast as it has if it weren't for the way we use our products."

Jim Barksdale, American Businessman

Business, World

10

"It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to "discover" a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing."

"It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to "discover" a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing."

Warren E. Burger, American Judge

Business, Court, Hearing

10

"I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better."

"I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

Business, Love, People, Creativity

10

"How a Brand is received is determined by how it's perceived."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

Business, Perception, Marketing, Image, Communication

10

"To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face."

"To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Business, May, Public, Reality

10

"Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries."

"Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Business, People, Idea, English

10

"Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I'll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start."

"Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I'll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

10

"Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older."

"Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

Business, Family, Hollywood

10

"There are some very real areas where working together is critical, whether it's talking about public policy issues, enforcement, or how to work together to facilitate new business opportunities. The RIAA has gotten much more involved in that."

"There are some very real areas where working together is critical, whether it's talking about public policy issues, enforcement, or how to work together to facilitate new business opportunities. The RIAA has gotten much more involved in that."

Hilary Rosen, American Businessman

Business, Work, Policy, Public

10

"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves."

"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves."

E. Joseph Cossman, American Businessman

10

"I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason."

"I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason."

Jasper Johns, American Artist

Business, Ideas, Reason, World

10

"In business everyone is out to grab, to fight, to win. Either you are the under or the over dog. It is up to you to be on top."

"In business everyone is out to grab, to fight, to win. Either you are the under or the over dog. It is up to you to be on top."

Alice Foote MacDougall, American Restaurateur

Business, Fight

10

"The biggest challenge for everybody to realize out there is that we're in a very complicated business world and that were all under one umbrella and it's very challenging for everybody to figure out where the priorities lie and where the loyalties lie."

"The biggest challenge for everybody to realize out there is that we're in a very complicated business world and that were all under one umbrella and it's very challenging for everybody to figure out where the priorities lie and where the loyalties lie."

Scott Bakula, American Actor

Business, Lie, Challenge, Priorities

10

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