- Blocks
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business Quotes
On risk, reinvention and the realities of business.
These quotes cover business from a few honest angles: the risk small operations take on hiring, breaking into an industry you weren't trained for, and how far an entire business can shift over the years. For more, see our Businessman quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am co-writing a screenplay now and I'm working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan to produce and direct. So, for me, I don't really feel that I am vulnerable to that sad baggage that comes with the business of filmmaking.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But what differentiated us from what everybody else was doing in the business was the fact that you could tell that these people came from different reference areas.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm used to riding horses. My father used to breed horses when I was a child. I grew up in Tipperary, in the country, and lots of people have horses there. If my parents hadn't been in the business, we would have them anyway, as pets. And my cousin Richard is a jockey.
- Reality
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Economical
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an economical decision and we wanted to play anyway. We just wanted to get out for the tour when it was safe enough for us.
- Haitian
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was always so strict that I was scared to speak to him. Haitian parents are very, 'This is adults' business; this is kids' business.'
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely think we paved the way for other girl groups. We did it very much on our own terms without kowtowing to all the men in the business or being told what to do by anyone. For that we feel very proud.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We never came into the business with a plan beyond the next three months. It's all been a natural thing for us to go off and travel and then maybe record an album.
- Nov 07, 2020
True friendships don't fade in Hollywood, as so many myths about show business would have you insist.
- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act.
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the smallest man in show business, and I've got the smallest bird in Britain nesting in my garden.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother, when I told her I was going into the jewelry business said, 'Kenneth, don't tell anyone.'
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don't do a very good job.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020