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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS When you don't have an expanding market and have people wanting to save money by moving down the qua... DONALD LUSKIN If all you're doing is changing the financial structure of the company, you can count on one of two ... GEORGE HAMLIN They know that people need witches; they need the unofficial people who understand the difference be... TERRY PRATCHETT Generally, you want to raise capital either when you have to or when it's really easy. If the co... SAM ALTMAN it's not at all like kind of the level of Pakistan by any means, but it's a concern that they are go... DAVID ALBRIGHT When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi... C. JOYBELL C. One of the strangest things about being an actor is that people you don't know feel that they are al... COURTNEY THORNE-SMITH Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other RALPH WALDO EMERSON Sir Richard Branson (CEO and Founder of Virgin Company) inspires me to build my best...and then cont... TRACEY BOND We are looking at that and we know that if you look around at average people, you know this is not a... ANGELA MCARDLE It is the simple things that are in the ocean. People think that simple things are on the seashore, ... C. JOYBELL C. This deal is really exciting for the TV viewers, ... They'll be able to get whatever they want right... GERRY KAUFHOLD We are always evaluating ways to right-size our company, but we can't speculate on the details of th... CLAIRE HASSETT This is one of those days where you get the feeling things aren't going to go right, and they contin... CHRIS SHAW It can be done. If you take one positive step and get all the little things right, then big things w... DICKEY MEEKS Life's Irony;No matter how great a company may appear externally,there will still be internal squabb... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) This is unusual for them. They're the gas company. They like to slam-dunk things. MICHAEL HAMMER When you take things too seriously, you get old. You have to be silly. Whenever people say, 'Hey... RICKY MARTIN The reason people are so moved by art and why artists tend to take it all so seriously is that if th... PETER HELLER All of that is the Navy's responsibility to cover. But there are other things that the company had i... DELORES ETTER In life,no company's services or products are meant for everyone,but only for those that love & valu... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) She did not need to fold into herself and self-destruct. Those awful things are survivable, because ... JOHN GREEN Every coach, every executive, every leader: They all know right from wrong. Even those Enron guys. W... 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DERRYN HINCH When Goings went out, that really dampened things for them. Then they have to be one-dimensional and... GRANT WISTROM When you manage your company for long-term shareholders, and you manage the company for clients, two... GINNI ROMETTY Some analysts seemed to think the company would have an upside surprise, ... But they reported right... FRANK MORGAN If you have things right in your lifebut do not know why,you are just lucky, and you will not movein... WILLIAM STAFFORD Every little thing is important. If you can correct the little, small things, you don't have them be... DONNIE HENDERSON Those are all the little things that are the foundation of the game, and if you don't do those thing... MIKE EAVES When students come to school and they don't have the supplies they need, they start off at a disadva... LORI COOPER All that information is put in one place that's easy to access and in an organized fashion so that t... 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SALINGER It's not going to be an up-and-down game where a lot of points are going to be scored. All the littl... DONNIE JONES I didn't figure things out, either, you know. So if you'e an idiot, I guess that makes two of us." CYNTHIA HAND When the government and electrical utility company jointly harass an electrical fraud researcher, it... STEVEN MAGEE Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integra... DICK WOLF There are a lot of things going on with the company that a lot of people are unhappy with. DANA WEAVER This is the right market to access for an Indian company. The market is saturated with branded gener... ALEXANDER GROSCHKE Ability of speech in time and season is an especial gift of God, and that eminently with respect unt... JOHN OWEN You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden p... RANDY BACHMAN An introspection makes you alert about who you are, where you are what an Impulse change is needed a... JYOTSNAJHA I am an artist, and I understand the pros and cons of being an artist, and the pressures of being an... DAVID S. GOYER I'm not really cut out to be a politician. You know that I sometimes don't know when to shut up. Tha... RON REAGAN The raising of an eyebrow, how you do it; when you look, how you look. All those little things are p... CHEVY CHASE My company and people think I'm wacky when I have an idea... I know if I have an idea, no one wi... FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA You need to be right, you need to make money, you need to be successful. It's the neediness that's t... DAVID R. HAWKINS Details that could throw doubt on your interpretation must be given, if you know them. You must do t... RICHARD FEYNMAN It puts things in focus. The team quarrels that people have don't really matter, ... You have to put... 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