- Edge
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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
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
The public may admire a corporation for its impressive size. Who in the United States doesn't? But when a business, however gigantic, gets smug enough to believe that it is sufficient only to match competition on trivial points instead of leading competition in valid matters, that business is becoming vulnerable to public disfavor.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records and writing songs and singing and being in the music business.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best piece of advice I've ever been given was, 'Be in the business you're in.' Don't just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business you're in.
- Developments
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of developments start with the desire of the developer to get what he really wants so that he can use it. It's not just the technical fascination or the business opportunity.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
This satire business, that was one of the worst things that ever happened to me. I was certified funny. From then on, I had to be funny - people expected it. Twice the work for the same pay.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Indian companies, people aren't too worried about the pace of growth as long as you're setting up a business which will survive for years.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favourite authors are Jeffrey Archer, for his story telling skills; John Grisham, for the completely new genre he created; and James Patterson, for the way he created a new business model out of writing.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We continue to see our elected officials working extra hard to create a 'good climate for business' that leads to disinvestment in public infrastructure and tax incentives to the detriment of cities, while enriching private business and further entrenching poverty. And our cities are told by legislators to use their bootstraps to survive.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just the fact that I've lived more, and I'm not concerned about when I am going to get my next job anymore. This business is free-lance and it's not a steady job. Younger, I would have been more preoccupied with myself.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first came along in the business, they didn't really like the idea of my name being Raquel.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020