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" Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well. "

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" Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers. "

" A manager doesn't hear the cheers. "

" I did every odd job you could possibly imagine: Holding a sign in the rain for 14 hours straight, sweeping up cigarette butts, pouring coffee, running around - anything I could to be on a film set. I wanted to be in the business. So I'd say, 'You need that job done? Fine,' and I became indispensable to people. "

Michelle MacLaren

" Music is spiritual. The music business is not. "

Claudio Monteverdi

" Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. "

Abraham Lincoln

" When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals. "

Gary Vaynerchuk

" The number one thing I would say to someone who wants to start a business is if you really can't sleep at night and smack the passion out of yourself, then go for it, but if you can live a happy life working for someone else, do that. "

" The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great deal of work in the world. They had their faults and their - shortcomings, but they were not slothful in business and they were most fervent in spirit. "

Henry Cabot Lodge

" No one on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time on my business. "

" Empathy is one of our greatest tools of business that is most underused. "

Daniel Lubetzky

" If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life. "

" I buy when other people are selling. "

" When a culture is broken, the cracks show - morale is weakened, but so is profit and performance. That's why culture has to be at the core of any business transformation. "

" The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks. "

" In business, I think the most important thing is to position yourself for long-term and not be too impatient, which I am by nature, and I have to control myself. "

Bernard Arnault

" An open-minded person running a business might catch a problem faster than a closed-minded person. And when they identify a problem, they can fix it much faster. "

" Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations. "

Helena Bonham Carter

" In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry. "

" Look at the experience of 2008. Who are the countries who negotiated the storms of 2008 best? They were the countries which were able to sit business with labor at the table, with government, and work out a way of getting through the storm. And I don't think that is a controversial statement. "

" I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century. "

Hillary Clinton

" Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy. "

" Within that dream of working with your partner, you want to be able to separate and have a home life. You have to be able to be husband and wife at the same time as business partners. "

" If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been. "

Robert H. Schuller

" You can't be the accountant in your accounting firm. You can't cut the grass in your landscaping business. You can't work on the vehicles in your auto repair shop... And you really can't spend all of your time managing those actions, either. "

Michael E. Gerber

" Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change. "

" My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. "

Anthony Hopkins

" I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business. "

" Personally, I've made myself a very small window of what I enjoy in this business, which is I love being a big part of the storytelling process. "

" There is a real diversity of talent and background on the A list so as to better reflect our society in all walks. There are people who have been candidates before, Councillors, Doctors, business leaders, charity campaigners. "