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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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"So we have a commitment to the business and to its people."
John Kluge
"So we have a commitment to the business and to its people."
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"Going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old frontier."
Paula Nelson
"Going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old frontier."
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"A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts."
Elvis Presley
"A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts."
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"I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation and my business interests."
Alonzo Mourning
"I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation and my business interests."
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"We spend more than a million dollars a year on our colleges and university, and it is money well spent; but we must have education that fits not the few but the many for the business of life."
Arthur Capper
"We spend more than a million dollars a year on our colleges and university, and it is money well spent; but we must have education that fits not the few but the many for the business of life."
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"I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well."
Tommy Kirk
"I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well."
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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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"Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone."
Esther Williams
"Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone."
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"No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed."
James Woods
"No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed."
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"From the beginning of the presidential nominating conventions in the 1830's really through the 1950's, you had conventions that actually did real business."
Michael Beschloss
"From the beginning of the presidential nominating conventions in the 1830's really through the 1950's, you had conventions that actually did real business."
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"I've made upwards of a million bucks in the cops-and-robbers business."
Broderick Crawford
"I've made upwards of a million bucks in the cops-and-robbers business."
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"Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business."
Chuck Jones
"Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business."
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"There is no question that knowing someone in the business will get you in the door. But it is your skill that will keep you in the room."
Vic Mignogna
"There is no question that knowing someone in the business will get you in the door. But it is your skill that will keep you in the room."
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"A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets."
Steve Jobs
"A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets."
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"The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting."
Elisabeth Rohm
"The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting."
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"I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got."
Philip Seymour Hoffman
"I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got."
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"I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery."
Gianni Agnelli
"I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery."
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"I've been in this business my whole life. I'm pretty bulletproof as far as being hurt."
Tina Yothers
"I've been in this business my whole life. I'm pretty bulletproof as far as being hurt."
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"If my father's business hadn't gone broke, I'd be exporting nuts, bolts and sugar machinery right now. What an awful thought!"
Cesar Romero
"If my father's business hadn't gone broke, I'd be exporting nuts, bolts and sugar machinery right now. What an awful thought!"
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"The newspaper is dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers and its one business I'd never be in."
Sumner Redstone
"The newspaper is dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers and its one business I'd never be in."
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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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"It's been a rollercoaster ride. There have been some great moments and some low points... like when I was leaving Stax. That's when I actually thought of getting out of the business."
William Bell
"It's been a rollercoaster ride. There have been some great moments and some low points... like when I was leaving Stax. That's when I actually thought of getting out of the business."
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"It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime."
Michael Eisner
"It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime."
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"Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops."
Thomas J. Watson
"Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops."
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"Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that."
Sophia Bush
"Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that."
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"I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over."
Wes Montgomery
"I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over."
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"However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions."
Gerard Arpey
"However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions."
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"If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business."
B. C. Forbes
"If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business."
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"There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat."
Omar Epps
"There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat."
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"Companies are starting to measure how effective their customer service is and trying to understand what they can do to improve the customer service process."
Sanjay Kumar
"Companies are starting to measure how effective their customer service is and trying to understand what they can do to improve the customer service process."
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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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"If the English want a king, it is their business. If the Russians want communism, it is their business. If the Americans want our form of government, it is our business."
Julius Rosenberg
"If the English want a king, it is their business. If the Russians want communism, it is their business. If the Americans want our form of government, it is our business."
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"I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job."
William Petersen
"I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job."
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"I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phoney, there's a lot of people who will abuse and take my kindness."
Blu Cantrell
"I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phoney, there's a lot of people who will abuse and take my kindness."
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"For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes."
Bob Beauprez
"For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes."
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"I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to be because we're in the business of transferring emotions to other people."
Derek Jacobi
"I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to be because we're in the business of transferring emotions to other people."
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"The forefathers, including James Madison, felt very strongly that the duties that we owe to God were outside of government's prerogative, that government had no business interfering with the way we worship God."
Roy Moore
"The forefathers, including James Madison, felt very strongly that the duties that we owe to God were outside of government's prerogative, that government had no business interfering with the way we worship God."
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"The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified."
Jeremy Renner
"The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified."
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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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"Regardless of how me or this man right here or anybody else in this business get, when we walk on an airplane in first-class looking like this, we're gonna get searched."
Method Man
"Regardless of how me or this man right here or anybody else in this business get, when we walk on an airplane in first-class looking like this, we're gonna get searched."
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"You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it."
Rocco DiSpirito
"You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it."
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"I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to."
Rihanna
"I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to."
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"The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did."
Penelope Cruz
"The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did."
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"We don't have titles on our business cards. No one really gets any special treatment. No one gets a corner office to put pictures of their family and their dog in."
Jay Chiat
"We don't have titles on our business cards. No one really gets any special treatment. No one gets a corner office to put pictures of their family and their dog in."
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"I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better."
Steve Jobs
"I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better."
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"I was employed as an investigator and my particular team, we were investigating the role of the business community in the genocide and we identified a bunch of leaders of the business community and I investigated two people."
Tony Greig
"I was employed as an investigator and my particular team, we were investigating the role of the business community in the genocide and we identified a bunch of leaders of the business community and I investigated two people."
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"We mean by "politics" the people's business - the most important business there is."
Adlai E. Stevenson
"We mean by "politics" the people's business - the most important business there is."
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"Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity."
Ralph Chaplin
"Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity."
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"In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again."
"In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again."
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