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"I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years."
Warren Buffett
"I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years."
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"If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business."
Ray Kroc
"If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business."
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"I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage."
Gerard Arpey
"I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage."
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"When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!"
Paul Prudhomme
"When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!"
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"All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good."
Anita Roddick
"All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good."
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"It was exactly an assembly line. You could look into infinity down these rows of drawing tables."
Gil Kane
"It was exactly an assembly line. You could look into infinity down these rows of drawing tables."
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"There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there."
Colonel Sanders
"There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there."
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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."
Susan Lucci
"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."
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"One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses."
Julius Erving
"One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses."
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"If a business does well, the stock eventually follows."
Warren Buffett
"If a business does well, the stock eventually follows."
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"Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where we are today and the commitment by the business community, the commitment by the not-for-profit community - all this coming together - this is a wonderful city."
Richard M. Daley
"Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where we are today and the commitment by the business community, the commitment by the not-for-profit community - all this coming together - this is a wonderful city."
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"There certainly was a lot of potential in the air for doing a magazine which focused on the way business, in particular, was being transformed by the Internet."
James Daly
"There certainly was a lot of potential in the air for doing a magazine which focused on the way business, in particular, was being transformed by the Internet."
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"A man in debt is so far a slave."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A man in debt is so far a slave."
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"Branding is a lot of things, but one thing it's not is soft.When you brand, rebrand or brand-diggity, ask yourself one thing to do it right: how will my brand create buyers?If you're in business, that's the goal. Buyers. Branding done well creates both long term loyalty and timely purchases."
Richie Norton
"Branding is a lot of things, but one thing it's not is soft.When you brand, rebrand or brand-diggity, ask yourself one thing to do it right: how will my brand create buyers?If you're in business, that's the goal. Buyers. Branding done well creates both long term loyalty and timely purchases."
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"If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management."
Anita Roddick
"If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management."
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"For many my behavior has been a major disappointment, my behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners, and everyone involved in my business, but most importantly to the young people we influence, I apologize."
Tiger Woods
"For many my behavior has been a major disappointment, my behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners, and everyone involved in my business, but most importantly to the young people we influence, I apologize."
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"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
"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."
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"Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth."
James Randolph Adams
"Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth."
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"I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great dollar shortage. It was quite clear that the more prosperous Europe became, the more business there would be in the United States."
W. Averell Harriman
"I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great dollar shortage. It was quite clear that the more prosperous Europe became, the more business there would be in the United States."
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"Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career."
Shelley Duvall
"Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career."
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"When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move."
Michael Douglas
"When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move."
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"No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business."
Mikhail Baryshnikov
"No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business."
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"The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness."
Harry Harrison
"The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness."
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"I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity."
Sydney Biddle Barrows
"I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity."
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"You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason."
Barry McGuire
"You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason."
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"We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album."
Rick Allen
"We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album."
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"I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out."
Stuart Symington
"I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out."
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"Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?"
Steve Jobs
"Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?"
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"Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October."
Peter Bart
"Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October."
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"Usually when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business."
Faith Ford
"Usually when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business."
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"Everyone tries to talk you out of going to college. The consensus being that people are just gonna forget about you, you know, and that's the way the business works."
Larisa Oleynik
"Everyone tries to talk you out of going to college. The consensus being that people are just gonna forget about you, you know, and that's the way the business works."
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"We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators."
Gray Davis
"We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators."
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"It's all a matter of how agents want to handle their clients."
Lorrie Fair
"It's all a matter of how agents want to handle their clients."
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"If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that."
Dean Koontz
"If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that."
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"Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon."
Adam Osborne
"Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon."
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"Our company is built on people - those who work for us, and those we do business with."
Harvey S. Firestone
"Our company is built on people - those who work for us, and those we do business with."
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"All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer."
Tom Peters
"All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer."
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"The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business."
Rutherford B. Hayes
"The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business."
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"Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector."
Kenny Guinn
"Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector."
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"I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation."
Paul Ryan
"I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation."
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"We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from being in show business and everything else."
Solomon Burke
"We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from being in show business and everything else."
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"That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen."
Desmond Harrington
"That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen."
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"It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession."
Katharine Hepburn
"It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession."
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"The client is not always right."
Enzo Ferrari
"The client is not always right."
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"I like the gypsy aspect of this business."
Jimmy Smits
"I like the gypsy aspect of this business."
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"Everyone in show business has had the experience of the fan who is so excited at recognizing their favorite star, they say, 'Oh my gosh, you're my biggest fan!'"
Audrey Meadows
"Everyone in show business has had the experience of the fan who is so excited at recognizing their favorite star, they say, 'Oh my gosh, you're my biggest fan!'"
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"Take our own company as an example: We're living proof, we jump with our own parachutes."
Jim Barksdale
"Take our own company as an example: We're living proof, we jump with our own parachutes."
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"My undergraduate degree is in business, so I'm trying to get a bit of a background before I go in."
Shannon Miller
"My undergraduate degree is in business, so I'm trying to get a bit of a background before I go in."
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"My whole family actually, but my parents. I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business and I still have stuff to do at their house."
Kaley Cuoco
"My whole family actually, but my parents. I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business and I still have stuff to do at their house."
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"But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I was too ignorant in business law to be able to do it right, and if I did it over again probably the same damn thing would happen."
Gordon Gould
"But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I was too ignorant in business law to be able to do it right, and if I did it over again probably the same damn thing would happen."
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