Beth Comstock Quotes
Business model innovation is constant in this economy. You start with a vision of a platform. For a while, you think there's a line of sight, and then it's gone. There's suddenly a new angle.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.
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I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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Our research is so complex that the resources of a single region of the world are no longer enough - both intellectually and economically, it must be a global effort.
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Never get involved with a business that you can't really be hands-on - that if your employees quit, you can't run yourself. If I can't cut hair, why open a barbershop?
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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Dating and getting attention from boys was something that came later to me.
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You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next chapter's going to be. That's what makes it exciting.
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Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.
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Indeed, the Muslims have all the social evils of the Hindus and something more. That something more is the compulsory system of purdah for Muslim women. These burka women walking in the streets is one of the most hideous sights one can witness in India.
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play.
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There are companies trying to build business within Saudi Arabia, and what they find is that if they try to bring on locals and teach them how to become senior executives, they just don't show up to work. They are not predictable as to when they'll come in and how much of their hearts are into that opportunity.
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I loved doing 'Frisky Business.' I didn't come up with it. I think John Oliver and the writers did.
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I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.
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Business model innovation is constant in this economy. You start with a vision of a platform. For a while, you think there's a line of sight, and then it's gone. There's suddenly a new angle.
