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" People are goofy about the movie business, so you end up counting on friends you knew before you were successful. It is harder to make new friends because you are a little more cautious. "

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" The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is the successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don't want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your face, go to door number 11 enthusiastically, with a smile on your face. "

" Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles. "

" 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. "

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" Moms and dads don't last forever. If you've got unfinished business, we need to face that, and that's not easy. Every child wants to love their mother and their father. Love is the most important thing, and when they feel rejected and unloved, that hole can never be filled by anyone else. "

" Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world. "

" I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father. "

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" Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss. "

" Very few entrepreneurs start their business on the back of market research. Instead, they have tremendous zeitgeist, honed by paying attention to where they are. "

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" Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. "

" Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. "

" Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed. "

" Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. "

" In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait. "

" Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you're gonna be depressed real fast. I don't have time for anything else right now but work and my daughter. She's my first priority. "

" Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. "

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

" Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business. "

" I don't wish ill will on anybody. "

" Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile. "

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" If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. "

" Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business. "

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" Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people. "

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" Indomitable perseverance in a business, properly understood, always ensures ultimate success. "

" Music is not a very stable business. It comes and it goes, and so does money, but your education stays with you for the rest of your life. When you have that education, and you have nothing to fall back on, you can get a get a job anywhere. "