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"The owners don't win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it's certainly not good for the players, it's certainly not good for the fans. And that's most important to us."
Roger Goodell
"The owners don't win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it's certainly not good for the players, it's certainly not good for the fans. And that's most important to us."
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"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind."
Aristotle
"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind."
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"The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place to govern exactly how that is to be accomplished."
Elon Musk
"The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place to govern exactly how that is to be accomplished."
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"If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver."
Lord Byron
"If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver."
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"Basically he never went to work and didn't have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing business deals instead of borrowing money from people."
Christie Brinkley
"Basically he never went to work and didn't have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing business deals instead of borrowing money from people."
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"Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost."
Steve Jobs
"Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost."
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"Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car."
Elon Musk
"Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car."
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"Teach your children how to behave with animals. Adopt a pet. Don't go buy one. Please. That's a sin. Let's get these puppy mills out of business."
Shelley Morrison
"Teach your children how to behave with animals. Adopt a pet. Don't go buy one. Please. That's a sin. Let's get these puppy mills out of business."
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"To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder."
Benjamin Disraeli
"To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder."
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"The strategy is a living ever-evolving pivoting mechanism."
Pearl Zhu
"The strategy is a living ever-evolving pivoting mechanism."
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"I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company."
Elon Musk
"I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company."
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"Wanna run a killer business? Design it from the start so that it's leverageable, expandable, predictable & financeable - & you're unstoppable."
Ziad K. Abdelnour
"Wanna run a killer business? Design it from the start so that it's leverageable, expandable, predictable & financeable - & you're unstoppable."
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"Customer is a very important key factor that every establishment big or small MUST recognize in other to succeed."
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
"Customer is a very important key factor that every establishment big or small MUST recognize in other to succeed."
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"This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it."
Paul Giamatti
"This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it."
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"The only way to make a great product is to make a product that people want."
Elon Musk
"The only way to make a great product is to make a product that people want."
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"It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."
Elon Musk
"It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."
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"When you create a company culture, you are drawing your lines in the sand for you, first & then for anyone else who does business with you."
Amber Hurdle
"When you create a company culture, you are drawing your lines in the sand for you, first & then for anyone else who does business with you."
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"I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honorable manner. I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good."
Peter Cooper
"I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honorable manner. I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good."
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"I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business."
Robert Reed
"I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business."
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"Don't just be everywhere, be everywhere that your clients are, where you matter most."
Bernard Kelvin Clive
"Don't just be everywhere, be everywhere that your clients are, where you matter most."
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"Initially we both did a bit of everything towards making each game but as we began to hire people and the business grew we naturally went in different directions, and away from the coalface of development."
Andrew Oliver
"Initially we both did a bit of everything towards making each game but as we began to hire people and the business grew we naturally went in different directions, and away from the coalface of development."
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"The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors."
Peter Orszag
"The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors."
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"You want how you do business to be consistent among all team members, including partners, management, employees, and even vendors."
Amber Hurdle
"You want how you do business to be consistent among all team members, including partners, management, employees, and even vendors."
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"For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising."
Austan Goolsbee
"For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising."
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"ReThink culture, because it is the foundation of all strategic success."
Tony Dovale
"ReThink culture, because it is the foundation of all strategic success."
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"There's always a great deal of business to be transacted in one's office. There are always visitors it seems to me, an unending stream of them, who come with letters of recommendation, or come actually on substantive business."
David Bruce
"There's always a great deal of business to be transacted in one's office. There are always visitors it seems to me, an unending stream of them, who come with letters of recommendation, or come actually on substantive business."
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"In show business, you get chewed up and spit out."
John Aniston
"In show business, you get chewed up and spit out."
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"A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists."
Honore de Balzac
"A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists."
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"Today's partners can be your competitors tomorrow. And today's competitors can be your partners tomorrow."
Suzy Kassem
"Today's partners can be your competitors tomorrow. And today's competitors can be your partners tomorrow."
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"I like doing business in a black city."
Yaphet Kotto
"I like doing business in a black city."
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"Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man."
Ronald Reagan
"Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man."
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"Your target market are more bothered about whether what you sell will get them promoted, sacked, recognised, accepted, praised or laid."
Chris Murray
"Your target market are more bothered about whether what you sell will get them promoted, sacked, recognised, accepted, praised or laid."
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"My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them."
Russell Simmons
"My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them."
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"Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."
Lord Chesterfield
"Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."
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"If you sound like a contestant from The Apprentice or if the customer believes that they are being sold AT, you have already failed."
Chris Murray
"If you sound like a contestant from The Apprentice or if the customer believes that they are being sold AT, you have already failed."
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"Don't sell out to this business. Sell into it."
Lady Gaga
"Don't sell out to this business. Sell into it."
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"Good managers don't set a goal to increase efficiency, but rather an implementation of business process improvements that result in higher efficiency as well."
Eraldo Banovac
"Good managers don't set a goal to increase efficiency, but rather an implementation of business process improvements that result in higher efficiency as well."
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"Free is not an alternative. My company did not turn a profit last year."
Howard Stringer
"Free is not an alternative. My company did not turn a profit last year."
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"If customers don't trust you to help them at the beginning of the sales process, they certainly won't trust you with their money at the end of it."
Chris Murray
"If customers don't trust you to help them at the beginning of the sales process, they certainly won't trust you with their money at the end of it."
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"I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business."
Vash Young
"I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business."
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"The risk of starting a business is more than worth the reward."
Elon Musk
"The risk of starting a business is more than worth the reward."
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"We're on the path of creating monopoly business practices out of copyright law."
Robin Gross
"We're on the path of creating monopoly business practices out of copyright law."
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"You've got to get your team to not only understand your company brand, but also to understand their personal brand."
Amber Hurdle
"You've got to get your team to not only understand your company brand, but also to understand their personal brand."
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"The innovation classification is not just based on the required investments, or on the potential market, but on its evolution abilities."
Pearl Zhu
"The innovation classification is not just based on the required investments, or on the potential market, but on its evolution abilities."
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"Many creative minds, just like many light bulbs, lit up simultaneously, could lead to brainstorming and breakthrough innovation."
Pearl Zhu
"Many creative minds, just like many light bulbs, lit up simultaneously, could lead to brainstorming and breakthrough innovation."
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"Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off."
Ayn Rand
"Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off."
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"It is your duty to save these prospects from that disappointment. Every potential customer, who misses out on what you have to offer, due to your lack of zeal or passion, every prospect who ends up with an excuse of an alternative from your lacklustre competition, should rest heavy on your conscience."
Chris Murray
"It is your duty to save these prospects from that disappointment. Every potential customer, who misses out on what you have to offer, due to your lack of zeal or passion, every prospect who ends up with an excuse of an alternative from your lacklustre competition, should rest heavy on your conscience."
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"Silos will continue to be inevitable as long as the rewards for collaboration are outweighed by the rewards for competition."
Pearl Zhu
"Silos will continue to be inevitable as long as the rewards for collaboration are outweighed by the rewards for competition."
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"We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?"
Will Rogers
"We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?"
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"Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business."
Jack Davenport
"Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business."
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