- Entrepreneurial Spirit
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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.
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- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unilever brings together the resources and experience of a multinational company alongside our deep local roots, which enables us to grow a genuinely African consumer goods business.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a priest. I could have done that. I wanted to be a doctor. I could have done that. Circumstances didn't lead me to it, so my fallback option was business. I wasn't really motivated to this.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Providing financial incentives for both local communities and national governments to conserve and restore forests also makes sense. It will put an economic value on these precious natural resources and drive the right behaviours from both government and business.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did say to myself one day, 'I'd love to be a Jewish comedian,' but that's my only memory with any connection to show business.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tito Santana was one of the hardest working guys in the business. When Tito used to make that comeback, the people went crazy because he had so much fire. He had so much damn energy. He could just go and go and go.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not bragging - it may sound like it - but there was nobody in this business that had the aggression and had the body that I had - nobody!
- Nov 07, 2020
Roddy actually was in the business longer then I was and started sooner than I did, and Roddy was a smart guy.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump is an outsider; maybe you don't know. So he is sitting in a room: he is talking business, he is talking politics - in a private room, it's a different persona. When he's out on the stage, he is talking about the kinds of things he's talking about himself; he's projecting an image that's for that purpose.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an undergrad, I studied engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma, and all my degrees are from engineering departments. My father wanted me to join him in the oil-field business in Oklahoma, but I wanted to be a scientist.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
The economics favour one-man comedy shows: all you need is one person, a microphone and a PA system. But I'm pleased so many people are making a living out of comedy - it's a wonderful business to be in.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020