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

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

Van Morrison, British Musician

Business, Music, Spiritual

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"I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large."

"I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large."

Garry Shandling, American Comedian

Business, Fear, Failure, Negative

14

"My brother Larry. He taught me how hard work and dedication to the game was the only way to make it. He's taken care of all my business activities for me and my family for many years, and I thank him for that."

"My brother Larry. He taught me how hard work and dedication to the game was the only way to make it. He's taken care of all my business activities for me and my family for many years, and I thank him for that."

Robin Yount, American Athlete

Business, Family, Work, Brother

14

"When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact."

"When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Business, Management, Economics, Reputation

14

"I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom."

"I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom."

Esther Dyson, American Scientist

Business, Time, Excess, Washington

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"Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business."

"Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Business, Work, Driving

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"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Business, People, Advice

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"Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?"

"Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?"

Sydney Madwed, American Businessman

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"I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is."

"I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is."

Susan Lucci, American Actress

Business, Age, Confidence, Fact

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"It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater."

"It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater."

John Hurt, British Actor

Business, People

14

"Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business."

"Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Business, Government, Computers, Man

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"I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own."

"I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own."

Billie Holiday, American Musician

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"The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become."

"The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

14

"If the planters carry politics into the fields they will find it bad business."

"If the planters carry politics into the fields they will find it bad business."

Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman

Business, Politics, Will

14

"No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work."

"No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work."

Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman

Business, Work, Man, Pride

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"A man in debt is so far a slave."

"A man in debt is so far a slave."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Business, Debt, Man

14

"It was the business that made Pop go away, not our inability to create."

"It was the business that made Pop go away, not our inability to create."

Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer

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"That's what show business is, sincere insincerity."

"That's what show business is, sincere insincerity."

Benny Hill, English Comedian

Business, Insincerity

14

"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"

"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."

"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."

Nicholas II, Russian Royalty

Business, Nothing

14

"When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall."

"When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall."

Kenneth Lay, American Businessman

Business, Uncertainty

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"I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress."

"I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Business, Fact, First, Friends

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"I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real."

"I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

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"Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to its customers."

"Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to its customers."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Business, Company

13

"And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly."

"And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly."

Brent Spiner, American Actor

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"If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business."

"If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business."

B. C. Forbes, Scottish Journalist

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"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people."

"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Business, People, Production, Results

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"The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth."

"The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Business, Growth, Profit, Today, Yesterday

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"A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business."

"A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

Business, Music, Woman, Worth

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"A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well."

Jeff Bezos, American Businessman

Business, Company, Reputation, Trying

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"It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do."

"It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do."

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban Actress

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"When you're doing that you lose your focus on the discipline of the business, and how you train people at Hamburger University, and everybody gets on a bigger, different vision, and they're not on the same page."

"When you're doing that you lose your focus on the discipline of the business, and how you train people at Hamburger University, and everybody gets on a bigger, different vision, and they're not on the same page."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

Business, People, Discipline, Vision

13

"We would rather have our employees running our business."

"We would rather have our employees running our business."

James Sinegal, American Businessman

Business, Employees, Running

13

"Value is what you get."

"Value is what you get."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Business, Value

13

"For me, my business is my business and my house is my house. I don't want the public in my house."

"For me, my business is my business and my house is my house. I don't want the public in my house."

Heidi Klum, German Model

Business, Public, Want

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"I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things."

"I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things."

Felicity Kendal, English Actress

Business, People, Negative, Old

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"The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality."

"The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality."

Chris Chocola, American Politician

Business, Balance, Fact, Fiction

13

"More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause."

"More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause."

Rose Kennedy, American Author

Business, Cause, Neglect

13

"I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because they offered honest products and treated their people decently... This business creed, sadly, seems long forgotten."

"I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because they offered honest products and treated their people decently... This business creed, sadly, seems long forgotten."

Anita Roddick, English Businessman

Business, Money, People, Successful

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"You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until they have grown on people."

"You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until they have grown on people."

Greg Ginn, American Musician

Business, People

13

"If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble."

"If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble."

Henry Kravis, American Businessman

Business, Experience, Building

13

"A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know."

"A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know."

Denise Crosby, American Actress

13

"Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth."

"Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth."

James Randolph Adams, American Advertising Executive

Business, Advertising, Earth, Man

13

"The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views."

"The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views."

Greg Ginn, American Musician

Business, People, Disappointment

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"In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality."

"In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Business, Society, Individuality, Living

13

"In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits."

"In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits."

Lee Iacocca, American Businessman

Business, People, End

13

"Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management."

"Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Business, Management, Motivational, Success, Work

13

"In this business you break a leg and 150 other people are out of work while production is shut down. It's not like you were an accountant and could still work with your leg in a cast."

"In this business you break a leg and 150 other people are out of work while production is shut down. It's not like you were an accountant and could still work with your leg in a cast."

Ken Curtis, American Actor

Business, Work, People, Production

12

"Business is a subset of the environment, not the other way around. You can't have a healthy economy, you can't have a healthy anything in a degraded environment."

"Business is a subset of the environment, not the other way around. You can't have a healthy economy, you can't have a healthy anything in a degraded environment."

Peter Coyote, American Actor

Business, Economy, Environment

12

"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner."

"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

Business, Time, Brother, Disaster

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