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" This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts. "

Ian Fleming

Moving

Days

Business

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" For me, teaching helps to reaffirm the right principles and values of acting. It helps me focus on the good stuff that can be easy to lose sight of because the business is so result-oriented. "

" Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. "

" Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming. "

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" Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously. "

" Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it. "

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Position

" 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. "

" There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.' "

" Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left. "

" We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. "

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Our

" The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. "

" The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?' "

" When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father, or like me? "

" The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. "

" What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life. "

" Just the fact that I've lived more, and I'm not concerned about when I am going to get my next job anymore. This business is free-lance and it's not a steady job. Younger, I would have been more preoccupied with myself. "

" I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business. "

" A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship. "

" Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer. "

" When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company. "

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Control

Good

Character

" I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods - that's where I'm really happy. "

" I try not to think about anyone's expectations but rather focus on always doing my personal best. Modeling was never a thought in my mind growing up, but my mom felt it was important for me to be open to business opportunities and expand my horizons. "

" Politics is show business for ugly people. "

" If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. "

Barack Obama

" The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own. "

" Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. "

" Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people. "

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