"The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story."
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"A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated."
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"Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business."
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"For as long as I can remember the slogan has been ... the federal government ought to behave more like families, because families balance their budgets. It turns out that families looked around and said, "You know what? Let's behave more like the government!""
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"Nobody wants to open a business near a Superfund site and risk being sued"
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"The image-managers encourage the individual to fashion himself into a smooth coin, negotiable in any market."
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"To think is not enough, you must think of something."
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"... thething I am proudest of in my whole business life is that I do not take, that I never took in all my life, and never, never! will take, one single penny more than 6% on any loan or any contract."
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"Executive: a man who makes quick decisions and is sometimes right."
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"Social progress makes the well-being of all more and more the business of each."
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"That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted."
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"The true business of every company is to make and keep customers."
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"The most critical case in a corporation, especially a big one, is when everything goes well, when you have accomplished your objectives. When the temptation is to work twice as hard instead of saying, "We have accomplished our objectives, we have to think again.""
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"Climate change should be seen as the greatest challenge to face man and treated as a much bigger priority in the United Kingdom."
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"All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity."
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"A recession doubles the necessity to be really focused on three or four tactics that can prove a return on investment."
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"Friends don't always make the best of business partners."
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"A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft."
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"I have never been interested in personal gain or profit. This business and this studio have been my entire life."
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"The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common."
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