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I never borrowed money from Mom. I lived at home, but my parents never helped me. I worked hard and moved out. I treated my blog like a business; hard work is important.

Leandra Medine

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Movies are the shadiest business in the world.

Jessica Alba

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As a multisport athlete, I was always fascinated with competition and how to win. At HBS and later at the Harvard Department of Economics, I was drawn to the field of competition and strategy because it tackles perhaps the most basic question in both business management and industrial economics: What determines corporate performance?

Michael Porter

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I don't think art is a goal orientated business. I don't do things for the challenges, I only do them because I love them, I'm not really a goal orientated, achiever type of person.

Greg Lake

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Most of your day is spent working, and being in a band is no different. We're just business travelers in a way.

Adam Schlesinger

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I propose that matchmaking should be approached like a corporate business venture. It can be risky, but I have discovered that the potential profits from acquisitions and mergers cannot be underestimated.

Robert Rinder

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You don't get to see your family much. In the movie business, directors often go out of town for long periods of time, and even if you're in town, you're working 14-15 hour days. People tend to not balance out the important things in their lives with their career.

Jon Favreau

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It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization.

David Graeber

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That I would rather be in another business where a bad cold wouldn't put me out of work.

Merv Griffin

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There are shows that are monolithic successes on TV that nobody in the business ever watches one episode of.

Alec Baldwin

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When I started out in the duck-call business, my college buddies would come in and say, 'Robertson, you have a college degree. What are you doing?' Then they drove away saying, 'What an idiot!' Thirty-five years later, they're saying, 'The sucker's a genius!'

Si Robertson

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People look at the same passage, and one person will say this is the best thing he's ever read, and another person will say it's absolutely idiotic. I mean, there's no way to reconcile those two things. You just have to forget the whole business of what people are saying.

Paul Auster

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I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me.

Roy Rogers

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I don't think anybody has ever been able to live up to what they promised. I don't know a government that has ever been successful at that because once they get into power, things change and the world is controlled also by business now.

Hugh Masekela

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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.

Isaac Hanson

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I always switch off from the business when I go across the threshold. Home is home, and I try to keep it that way.

John Caudwell

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I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving.

Lisa Randall

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I've wanted to be Mick Jagger since I was 18. One of the things I love about music is that you don't have to be dependent on other people like you are in the film business. I hate being dependent on anyone. With my music, I can do whatever I want. I also think it's made me more relaxed as an actress.

Emmanuelle Seigner

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The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

Zig Ziglar

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Remember, I'm someone who got fired from Disney and eight days later started the first studio in 65 years with two of the most brilliant, successful people in the history of the entertainment business, doing something everyone said was somewhere between improbable and impossible. I'm afraid that's exactly what I love doing.

Jeffrey Katzenberg

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I'm one of the best finishers in the business, so I went for it.

Billy Joe Saunders

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What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?'

Steve Ballmer

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If a rich person invests in a business, either directly or through stock purchases, it means business can grow and hire more people.

Terry Savage

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Anyone in the entertainment business, respectively, is a show-off.

Rob Van Dam

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