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"The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business."
Patricia Clarkson
"The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business."
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"I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him."
Jesse Helms
"I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him."
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"I'm 47 years old. I couldn't compete with Beyonce. I'm not competing with anyone. I've already established myself as an artist. I've been in this business for 30 years. There's no reason for me to compete with anyone."
Stephanie Mills
"I'm 47 years old. I couldn't compete with Beyonce. I'm not competing with anyone. I've already established myself as an artist. I've been in this business for 30 years. There's no reason for me to compete with anyone."
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"My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it."
James Denton
"My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it."
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"We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals."
Mary-Kate Olsen
"We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals."
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"It's not government's business what people do in their private bedrooms."
Robert Reich
"It's not government's business what people do in their private bedrooms."
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"Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it's profitable."
James Rouse
"Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it's profitable."
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"The client is not always right."
Enzo Ferrari
"The client is not always right."
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"And, in the past, it has been all too easy for legislators to load costs onto business in order to meet broader social goals. And costs for business means costs for consumers."
John Hutton
"And, in the past, it has been all too easy for legislators to load costs onto business in order to meet broader social goals. And costs for business means costs for consumers."
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"Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners."
Mark Udall
"Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners."
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"The purpose of a business is to create a customer."
Peter Drucker
"The purpose of a business is to create a customer."
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"Thought, not money, is the real business capital."
Harvey S. Firestone
"Thought, not money, is the real business capital."
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"A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound, too, but medicine's a business today. It's a business."
Jack Kevorkian
"A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound, too, but medicine's a business today. It's a business."
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"You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it."
Jessamyn West
"You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it."
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"Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate."
Christie Hefner
"Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate."
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"It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business."
Gertrude Stein
"It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business."
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"The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings."
Erykah Badu
"The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings."
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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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"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
Winston Churchill
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
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"Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef."
Martin Yan
"Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef."
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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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"Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business."
Malcolm Forbes
"Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business."
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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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"We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'"
Warren Buffett
"We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'"
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"For every sleazeball in the business there are plenty of decent and wonderful people."
Kathie Lee Gifford
"For every sleazeball in the business there are plenty of decent and wonderful people."
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"China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers."
Howard Schultz
"China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers."
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"A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things."
Lee Ann Womack
"A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things."
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"And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business."
Pamela Anderson
"And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business."
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"I want my testimony to stand on that point. But I would point out that Zona Research Inc. showed we have increased market share among business users, educational users, and government users over the past several months - and that's more recent than the IDC report."
Jim Barksdale
"I want my testimony to stand on that point. But I would point out that Zona Research Inc. showed we have increased market share among business users, educational users, and government users over the past several months - and that's more recent than the IDC report."
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"Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation."
Jane Byrne
"Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation."
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"I think, especially in our business we meet a lot of people, and sometimes you spend so much time being nice to strangers, and so, you know, keeping a clear head and just being nice to each other. And that's all the advice I can give."
Catherine Zeta-Jones
"I think, especially in our business we meet a lot of people, and sometimes you spend so much time being nice to strangers, and so, you know, keeping a clear head and just being nice to each other. And that's all the advice I can give."
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"How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?"
Marlee Matlin
"How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?"
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"Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop."
Allen Klein
"Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop."
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"Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion."
Ernie Harwell
"Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion."
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"If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing."
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"The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great deal of work in the world. They had their faults and their - shortcomings, but they were not slothful in business and they were most fervent in spirit."
Henry Cabot Lodge
"The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great deal of work in the world. They had their faults and their - shortcomings, but they were not slothful in business and they were most fervent in spirit."
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"Ignore the people who say that the sales industry needs to become professionalised: it already has."
Chris Murray
"Ignore the people who say that the sales industry needs to become professionalised: it already has."
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"It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle."
Christine Lavin
"It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle."
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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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"I'd still like to see 'Survivor' minus the planned show-biz parts. That would be the purest form of show business - I want to see someone so hungry that they eat somebody else's foot."
Albert Brooks
"I'd still like to see 'Survivor' minus the planned show-biz parts. That would be the purest form of show business - I want to see someone so hungry that they eat somebody else's foot."
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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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"As a former small business owner, I recognize both the important role small businesses play in our economy and the broad universe of challenges that small business owners face in trying to make ends meet."
Sue Kelly
"As a former small business owner, I recognize both the important role small businesses play in our economy and the broad universe of challenges that small business owners face in trying to make ends meet."
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"Think upon the numbers I have been sharing with you. Of your competitors, five out of ten will do little more than take their customer's money immorally. A further three out of ten will leave them dissatisfied."
Chris Murray
"Think upon the numbers I have been sharing with you. Of your competitors, five out of ten will do little more than take their customer's money immorally. A further three out of ten will leave them dissatisfied."
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"From a leadership perspective, the liking has to be qualified and be able to garner respect."
Pearl Zhu
"From a leadership perspective, the liking has to be qualified and be able to garner respect."
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"Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit in you? How helpful and creative are you in solving challenges? Have you attained communication and negotiation excellence status? Can you effectively market yourself and your service/product? How effective are you at selling your vision? The answers will determine how far your influence will go."
Archibald Marwizi
"Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit in you? How helpful and creative are you in solving challenges? Have you attained communication and negotiation excellence status? Can you effectively market yourself and your service/product? How effective are you at selling your vision? The answers will determine how far your influence will go."
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"The board should frequently brainstorm IT impact on the business and leverage technological vision to the business's strategic planning."
Pearl Zhu
"The board should frequently brainstorm IT impact on the business and leverage technological vision to the business's strategic planning."
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"It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages."
Henry Ford
"It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages."
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"The mercantile business did not suit me."
John James Audubon
"The mercantile business did not suit me."
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"Business news is sexy."
Maria Bartiromo
"Business news is sexy."
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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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