Michael Douglas Quotes
When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.
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Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
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Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.
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But every company of the future is going to be in the business of exquisite care - which means quick turnaround time and convenience. To deliver exquisite care, you need an organization that coordinates well and listens well.
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I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice' was a business book. I'm very surprised and gratified that the business world thought it was one.
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The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.
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You might say that I'm the Michelangelo of the dress business.
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Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.
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I learned a lot from Dick Wolf. I'll always remember playing that character because it was such a good character. It was great to be able to be a character like that for television. I think the thing that I'll bring from the whole experience, the whole 10 years, is I had never been interested in the television business before.
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I didn't have any success in show business until I was 30 to 31 years of age.
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For us, it is very important all the time that our core business is really good but that we don't stop moving.
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They planned this fair to bring business to Chicago, into the Loop. But you could have fired a cannon down state street and hit nobody, because everybody was out at the fair.
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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
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As a CEO of a large company, clearly we need policies in the U.S. government that are pro-business, because at the end of the day, we all work within the framework of a country's policies.
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A lot of family members worked in the joint commodities family business. It was a classic case of capitalism at work and socialism at home.
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It's weird because my parents don't really understand my business. I get fan mail all day long, but if a piece happens to get to their house, they're like, 'Oh, my God, you've got a fan! You have to write them back. You have to do it!'
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To defend our country we need to gather intelligence on the enemy, but when the intelligence lies to Congress, how are we to trust them? The phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business.
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I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.
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In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.
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My father was a chef but hadn't owned his own business. I didn't like that. In my heart of hearts, I knew I wanted to be in business.
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What is the relation between Christianity and modern culture; may Christianity be maintained in a scientific age? It is this problem which modern liberalism attempts to solve.
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Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.
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The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.
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I'm running against the Democrats. I'm running against evil.
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When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.
