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"Business must be the solution, not the problem."
Dennis Weaver
"Business must be the solution, not the problem."
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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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"I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business."
Loretta Young
"I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business."
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"The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now."
Jimmy Rushing
"The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now."
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"That is why I strongly believe we should working in Congress to make America a better place to run a business by reducing the costly burdens of bureaucracy and red tape."
Michael K. Simpson
"That is why I strongly believe we should working in Congress to make America a better place to run a business by reducing the costly burdens of bureaucracy and red tape."
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"Traditionally the show must go on which is a stupid thing to say, but that in a nutshell is what's going on. We have a new record out; if we won't tour, the new record dies. It's reality - it's what business is nowadays. You just need to tour to sell your albums."
Kerry King
"Traditionally the show must go on which is a stupid thing to say, but that in a nutshell is what's going on. We have a new record out; if we won't tour, the new record dies. It's reality - it's what business is nowadays. You just need to tour to sell your albums."
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"Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within the regulated framework."
Kenneth Lay
"Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within the regulated framework."
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"There are a lot of people in this business that don't work consistently."
Morris Chestnut
"There are a lot of people in this business that don't work consistently."
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"In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community."
Melissa Bean
"In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community."
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"I believe we're the party of small business."
Ed Gillespie
"I believe we're the party of small business."
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"Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping."
Dana Delany
"Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping."
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"Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network."
Toni Morrison
"Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network."
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"I'm getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business."
Rob Paulsen
"I'm getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business."
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"I think this year we'll open up 900 gross, we're closing some, so the net count is lower, but the 900 are spread all over the place. Some of the closures are relocations, where you're moving it to another place in the marketplace."
Jim Cantalupo
"I think this year we'll open up 900 gross, we're closing some, so the net count is lower, but the 900 are spread all over the place. Some of the closures are relocations, where you're moving it to another place in the marketplace."
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"Everybody hangs out with everybody, which is very strange for a cast this large and this young. We're all cool and down to earth and not caught up in this maniacal business at all... . Everybody really, really likes everybody else."
Lizzy Caplan
"Everybody hangs out with everybody, which is very strange for a cast this large and this young. We're all cool and down to earth and not caught up in this maniacal business at all... . Everybody really, really likes everybody else."
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"The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on."
Albert J. Nock
"The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on."
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"I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command."
Billy Sunday
"I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command."
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"Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to."
William Weld
"Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to."
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"I've been around the music business for a long time now, and I've had a lot of chances to do movies. But I didn't really want to do any until I found stuff that started to hit me in the right place."
Tim McGraw
"I've been around the music business for a long time now, and I've had a lot of chances to do movies. But I didn't really want to do any until I found stuff that started to hit me in the right place."
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"From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness."
Sanford I. Weill
"From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness."
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"Actually, everything has been said in print... it's a battle of giants and it's something that Walt would say is none of your business - go right on and create the best you can."
Joe Grant
"Actually, everything has been said in print... it's a battle of giants and it's something that Walt would say is none of your business - go right on and create the best you can."
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"Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line."
Richard Branson
"Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line."
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"Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union."
John Hutton
"Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union."
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"I mean, sports are big, big, big business."
Phil Lesh
"I mean, sports are big, big, big business."
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"Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging."
Matt Damon
"Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging."
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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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"I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Shine. I do not know why. I was pretty restless, I had been through a bad period of stress induced anxiety - panic attacks - and I was not sure of what I wanted to do."
Geoffrey Rush
"I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Shine. I do not know why. I was pretty restless, I had been through a bad period of stress induced anxiety - panic attacks - and I was not sure of what I wanted to do."
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"At 13, I realized that I could fix anything electronic. It was amazing, I could just do it. I started a business repairing radios. It grew to be one of the largest in Philadelphia."
Amar Bose
"At 13, I realized that I could fix anything electronic. It was amazing, I could just do it. I started a business repairing radios. It grew to be one of the largest in Philadelphia."
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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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"For me, the most fun is change or growth. There are definitely elements of both that I like. Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast."
Tony Hsieh
"For me, the most fun is change or growth. There are definitely elements of both that I like. Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast."
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"It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business."
Louis Kronenberger
"It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business."
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"If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months."
Evan Bayh
"If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months."
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"Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record."
Nile Rodgers
"Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record."
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"So when we go into a large hardware bid, there is usually a services component that is part of that. So as we enter these deals, we tend to talk about the capabilities and what else needs to be done, and from there the bid might expand beyond hardware to the services."
Kevin Rollins
"So when we go into a large hardware bid, there is usually a services component that is part of that. So as we enter these deals, we tend to talk about the capabilities and what else needs to be done, and from there the bid might expand beyond hardware to the services."
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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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"Our success in this matter is important to all Americans. Whether you are in the forest land business or just enjoy the shade of a majestic oak gracing your lawn, we all have an interest in this important issue."
Leonard Boswell
"Our success in this matter is important to all Americans. Whether you are in the forest land business or just enjoy the shade of a majestic oak gracing your lawn, we all have an interest in this important issue."
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"I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today."
Tony Bennett
"I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today."
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"One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act."
Roger Wicker
"One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act."
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"You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart."
An Wang
"You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart."
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"We were not given any statistics as to how many records were pressed on the blue label. I used to ask Bob Shad how we were going to get paid from record sales and what I got for an answer was not to worry about the business end of the deal."
Phil Harris
"We were not given any statistics as to how many records were pressed on the blue label. I used to ask Bob Shad how we were going to get paid from record sales and what I got for an answer was not to worry about the business end of the deal."
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"Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight."
Henry R. Luce
"Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight."
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"An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling."
Donald Sinden
"An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling."
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"Camp is always all business."
Michael Strahan
"Camp is always all business."
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"You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business."
Victor Kiam
"You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring 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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"Don't beg for platforms, build your platform."
Bernard Kelvin Clive
"Don't beg for platforms, build your platform."
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"It's tough to break into this business - now more so than ever."
LeAnn Rimes
"It's tough to break into this business - now more so than ever."
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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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"As you know, the business is cyclic with styles. It's no different from clothing styles."
Juice Newton
"As you know, the business is cyclic with styles. It's no different from clothing styles."
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"There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of the corporations today."
Pete du Pont
"There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of the corporations today."
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