- Opportunity
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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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love spreadsheets. I do all the finances. I pay the publicists. I have to compartmentalize the creative and the business, so there are sacrifices. But ultimately, I get to be the CEO of my own business.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. It's in any game that you're in - a business game or whatever - you can't get complacent.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
After finishing my business administration course, I had gone to look for a job in a multinational bank, but the interviewee said that I should become an actor.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not totally sure what I want to be doing, but it's so fun to be on 'SNL' because you get exposed to so many different people and so many different experiences. It's a cool, lucky way to break into the business.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moderated a panel focusing just on women and the specific challenges that women entrepreneurs face. And we found that around the world, the challenges are the same, whether it is gaining access to capital, risk-taking, or the ability to expand beyond a small business and grow.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked with fantastic actors, fantastic directors. People I would never otherwise have met. Was I limited? Yes. Did I use it as I could have? No. But I was always ambivalent about Hollywood and what I wanted. And ambivalence in our business is no good for success.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that it is important that one grows a thick skin fast in this business, and I think we have done that.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Climbing Everest is so big now, with so much money involved, and the Sherpas are not stupid. They see this, and they want to take over the business and kick out the westerners. This is a big fight.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020