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"I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social."
Kim Basinger
"I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social."
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"When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us."
Bart Stupak
"When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us."
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"I hope that the Senate acts quickly to pass this legislation so that Americans will no longer worry about having to sell the family farm or business to pay taxes after the death of a loved one."
Doc Hastings
"I hope that the Senate acts quickly to pass this legislation so that Americans will no longer worry about having to sell the family farm or business to pay taxes after the death of a loved one."
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"Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible."
William Feather
"Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible."
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"Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it."
Desi Arnaz
"Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it."
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"Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups."
Peter Bart
"Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups."
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"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up."
Billie Holiday
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up."
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"For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes."
Bob Beauprez
"For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes."
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"Jeff knew full well what he was walking away from. Again, he needed to deal with this right away."
Kenneth Lay
"Jeff knew full well what he was walking away from. Again, he needed to deal with this right away."
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"The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do."
Roy L. Smith
"The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do."
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"The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did."
Penelope Cruz
"The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did."
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"Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington."
John Boehner
"Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington."
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"First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense."
Vinton Cerf
"First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense."
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"I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door."
Wes Craven
"I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door."
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"In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again."
Bobby Sherman
"In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again."
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"Big business has no party and never shall have."
Haley Barbour
"Big business has no party and never shall have."
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"True friendships don't fade in Hollywood, as so many myths about show business would have you insist."
Kent McCord
"True friendships don't fade in Hollywood, as so many myths about show business would have you insist."
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"We are in the entertaining business, they want to get autographs, they want to take something home, whether it's a signed hat or, you know, program or whatever it might be."
Bernhard Langer
"We are in the entertaining business, they want to get autographs, they want to take something home, whether it's a signed hat or, you know, program or whatever it might be."
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"We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our own meatloafs, our own pickles. Dad had to do everything himself. He had to figure out how to finance his business."
Marcy Kaptur
"We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our own meatloafs, our own pickles. Dad had to do everything himself. He had to figure out how to finance his business."
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"In six short years, small business owners and family farmers will once again be assessed a tax on the value of their property at the time of their death, despite having paid taxes throughout their lifetime."
Doc Hastings
"In six short years, small business owners and family farmers will once again be assessed a tax on the value of their property at the time of their death, despite having paid taxes throughout their lifetime."
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"First and foremost, I would like to start off by saying that just because my husband is an entertainer, that does not mean that our personal business is for everyone's entertainment purposes."
Kim Mathers
"First and foremost, I would like to start off by saying that just because my husband is an entertainer, that does not mean that our personal business is for everyone's entertainment purposes."
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"You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business."
Jim Cantalupo
"You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business."
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"So often corporate America, business America, are the worst communicators, because all they understand are facts, and they cannot tell a story. They know how to explain their quarterly results, but they don't know how to explain what they mean."
Frank Luntz
"So often corporate America, business America, are the worst communicators, because all they understand are facts, and they cannot tell a story. They know how to explain their quarterly results, but they don't know how to explain what they mean."
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"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
"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."
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"It's very different than it use to be. I think everybody has a lot more experience in how to be in a relationship - whether it's a marriage or a significant other or a business or a friend."
Kathy Valentine
"It's very different than it use to be. I think everybody has a lot more experience in how to be in a relationship - whether it's a marriage or a significant other or a business or a friend."
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"In Hollywood there are a lot of very insecure men running the business."
Rosanna Arquette
"In Hollywood there are a lot of very insecure men running the business."
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"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
"I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap."
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"Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned way I'm talking about. He carried it on to his business. Do one thing and stay with it."
Ernie Banks
"Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned way I'm talking about. He carried it on to his business. Do one thing and stay with it."
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"When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business."
Eartha Kitt
"When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business."
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"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
"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."
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"If all the businesses in town are run like country businesses, You are going to have a country town."
William Faulkner
"If all the businesses in town are run like country businesses, You are going to have a country town."
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"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
"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."
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"This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self."
Jimmy Rushing
"This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self."
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"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
"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."
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"The basis of our partnership strategy and our partnership approach: We build the social technology. They provide the music."
Mark Zuckerberg
"The basis of our partnership strategy and our partnership approach: We build the social technology. They provide the music."
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"Less emphasis on inventories, I think, may tend to dampen business cycles, because business cycles are typically in the grasp of inventory cycles and heavy industry cycles."
Paul A. Volcker
"Less emphasis on inventories, I think, may tend to dampen business cycles, because business cycles are typically in the grasp of inventory cycles and heavy industry cycles."
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"After being in the business for such a long time, I've done everything but rodeo and porno."
Bea Arthur
"After being in the business for such a long time, I've done everything but rodeo and porno."
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"Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business."
Bruce Barton
"Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business."
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"There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all that the good advertising will do is put you out of business faster."
Jerry Della Femina
"There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all that the good advertising will do is put you out of business faster."
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"If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like."
Sam Waterston
"If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like."
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"If your personal brand were at a trade show alongside several thousand others, how would you fare? Now scale that to the global economy."
Ryan Lilly
"If your personal brand were at a trade show alongside several thousand others, how would you fare? Now scale that to the global economy."
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"But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company."
Henry Kravis
"But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company."
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"Nobody wants to open a business near a Superfund site and risk being sued."
Fred Thompson
"Nobody wants to open a business near a Superfund site and risk being sued."
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"Someone is closing deals today, regardless of the weather, economy, politics, or any other excuses. Get out there and add value to people's lives by helping them move forward toward their financial freedom, peace of mind, and legacy."
Farshad Asl
"Someone is closing deals today, regardless of the weather, economy, politics, or any other excuses. Get out there and add value to people's lives by helping them move forward toward their financial freedom, peace of mind, and legacy."
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"No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't matter how many games you've won."
Jim Valvano
"No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't matter how many games you've won."
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"Young people in the business have grown up and made the wrong decisions, or bad decisions, and haven't been good role models. To be someone that people look up to is important to me."
Justin Bieber
"Young people in the business have grown up and made the wrong decisions, or bad decisions, and haven't been good role models. To be someone that people look up to is important to me."
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"Faculty met, and after the usual business, some conversation was had about certain students being addicted to drinking, and it was reported that a citizen of the village had informed a member of the Faculty that there was a good deal of drinking this term among the students."
Daniel H. Hill
"Faculty met, and after the usual business, some conversation was had about certain students being addicted to drinking, and it was reported that a citizen of the village had informed a member of the Faculty that there was a good deal of drinking this term among the students."
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"Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business."
Eddie Bernice Johnson
"Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business."
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"When business is good it pays to advertise when business is bad you've got to advertise."
Anonymous
"When business is good it pays to advertise when business is bad you've got to advertise."
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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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