- 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.
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- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's a photographer. So I suppose he named me Ansel just in case I would take over the family business. I guess I failed him.
- Insurance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was in the life insurance business, so I learned about selling when I was about 14 because I started working as a secretary.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to make a living in this business. Unions aren't as strong as they used to be. For a journeyman actor - someone who doesn't have a famous name but has consistent work in theater or film or TV - it has become harder to get through, harder to raise a family.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of my friends in the business ask, 'Why is this woman not a star? Why is she not a household name?'
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
23andMe set out to try and change healthcare - this is not an easy business. This is not a coffee shop in Austin.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the trouble with the suburbs: it's not a city, so you're not anonymous, and it's not a small town, so that people really care about you, but everybody kind of knows each other's business, so you're very judged.
- Covenant
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- Nov 07, 2020
They thought that I did conceive there was a difference between them and Mr. Cotton... I might say they might preach a covenant of works as did the apostles, but to preach a covenant of works and to be under a covenant of works is another business.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we could muster the same determination and sense of responsibility that saves a country like Japan - or a company like Xerox - then investing to save women and children who are dying in the developing world would be very good business.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Xerox's innovative technology and service offerings - delivered through an expanding distribution system with a lean and flexible business model - continue to solidify our market leadership, driving consistently strong earnings performance.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's really where I would have liked to have gone. But the genetic link was not intact there, so I wound up going into business. But I love to write, still. I'm not a great writer, but I enjoy it.
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- Nov 07, 2020