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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'm trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself.
- Smart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on one's business card, but I do get a bit bristly at the implication that romance authors couldn't possibly be smart enough to get into an Ivy League school.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
People do care where their food, or other goods, comes from, not merely if the price is right. And that means no business can afford to ignore the impacts their buying practices have on producers and on the perceptions and choices of consumers.
- Moving On
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- Nov 07, 2020
This business is ephemeral, and you have to maintain a healthy cynicism about it. There's a 'flavour of the month' aspect to it, so you have to keep moving on and mutating.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
During college, in Los Angeles, I interned all over Hollywood. Development roles appealed to me; they were a perfect blend of business and creativity.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't grow up, really, in the film business, even though my parents are both artists. I grew up in New York City. They would never put me into acting. I just kind of wanted it, and I told them that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father never really encouraged me or even took an interest after I walked away from the family business. No one did except my mother and my grandfather. To be truthful, I cannot remember one meaningful conversation I had with my father.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care what other people think. I hate conforming, that you have to wear this to a business meeting or that to a dinner. I've never worked that way.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you know, the business is cyclic with styles. It's no different from clothing styles.
- Nov 07, 2020
You take care of business on the field; everything will take care of itself off the field.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, what a day-to-day business life is.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.
- Frivolous Lawsuits
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- Nov 07, 2020