Quotes with non-business

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  • Epictetus What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Ben Stiller Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
    Ben Stiller
    American actor, comedian, film producer, film director, and writer (1965 - )
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  • Bill Medley When 'You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling' hit, we were doing a show called 'Shindig!' and the Righteous Brothers suddenly became big business.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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  • Bjorn Lomborg When a business group tells us there is nothing wrong with the environment, naturally they may have good arguments, but we are also sceptical, because we know that they have an interest in these things.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Warren Buffett When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.
    Warren Buffett
    American investment entrepreneur (1930 - )
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  • Bart Stupak When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us.
    Bart Stupak
    American politician (1952 - )
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  • Blair Underwood When I doing dinner theater in high school, I was talking to a woman who had been in the business for a while and I said I want to act, that's all I want to do with my life and she said if you're serious then you need to hone every discipline you can.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Bella Abzug When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.
    Bella Abzug
    American lawyer and politician (1920 - 1998)
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  • Billy Beane When I first came into baseball, people didn't want to hear that a team was a business. But it is. And the better the business is run, the healthier the team on the field is going to be.
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Aaron Copland When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the non-musician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
    Aaron Copland
    American composer and writer (1900 - 1990)
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  • Bob Parsons When I started Go Daddy, I tried many things - like building networks and selling education - and none of it panned out. I lost millions of dollars the first couple of years. I made a lot of wrong turns, but that's the process of being successful in business.
    Bob Parsons
    American entrepreneur, billionaire, and philanthropist (1950 - )
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  • Calvin Klein When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.
    Calvin Klein
    American fashion designer (1942 - )
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  • Alfred P. Sloan When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice.
    Alfred P. Sloan
    American businessman (1875 - 1966)
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  • Bruce Forsyth When I was a child, life felt so slow because all I wanted to do was get into show business. Each day seemed like a year, but when you get older, years pass like minutes. I wish there was a tape recorder where we could just slow our lives down.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Ben Horowitz When I was CEO, and I'd listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Bob Harper When I was first introduced to CrossFit, I found it to be the hardest workout that I'd ever done. It wiped the floor with me, and I fell in love with it immediately. The results that I have seen in my strength and physicality have been unparalleled to any other things I have ever done in my more than 20 years in the fitness business.
    Bob Harper
    American personal trainer, reality television personality, and author (1965 - )
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  • Bruce Forsyth When I was in the business as a young performer, it was a recognised fact that when you got to 60 you were out, because there'd be a new crop of comics coming up all the time, every 10 years or so.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Bill Clinton When it comes to anything that's social, whether it's your family, your school, your community, your business or your country, winning is a team sport.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Cameron Sinclair When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.
    Cameron Sinclair
    British architect and writer (1973 - )
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