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" It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. "

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" I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate. "

" When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder. "

" I worked in the family business, which was my father's shoe making company that he had inherited from his father, and that led me to become interested in what could be achieved by a great Italian brand. That became my ambition as a young man. "

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" Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values and those of your community. "

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" It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business. "

" Racism, because it favors color over talent, is bad for business. "

" It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline. "

" When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life. "

" Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design. "

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" I ask people what they do in sales, how much money they made last year, what their cost of sales is, and they don't even know. If you don't know your numbers, you're going out of business. I don't care how good your product is. "

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" The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.' "

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" In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it. "

Hillary Clinton

" Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. "

" Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can sharpen your intuition, which they say is emotion and intellect joining together, then a knowingness occurs. "

" Every life a legacy, every small business a school. "

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" If you can't admit a failure, you're not an entrepreneur. You are not a good business person. There's nothing brilliant about what you are doing. "

" One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. "

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" Franchises mean that you're tied in. That's a lovely feeling of comfort to the whole thing. From a business perspective, it really keeps you current and lets you go and do other smaller, more pedestrian things. "

" I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honorable manner. I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good. "

" The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark. "

" I don't know if I have good habits, but I'm very devoted to writing. I'm very compulsive about having a project, at least one, and trying to follow the business as much as I can. I keep on top of all the entertainment business news. "

" When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work. "

" We can find a great sector or business, but we're investing so early that unless there's this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability to evolve, it won't work. "

" Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another. "

" I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are like, 'Can we not talk about movies for an hour?' "

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" After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains. "