Grant Shapps Quotes
Very sad that Flybe has gone out of business after serving passengers for four decades.
Quotes to Explore
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No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.
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I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.
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Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.
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Nobody talks about how Puffy went to Howard University or about Lil Wayne attending the University of Houston. All the young kids know is what they see on the videos. They don't realize that these guys have taken managerial and business courses, and know how to brand and how to market themselves. They're very smart.
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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.
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As governor, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about Utah's measurable business success.
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There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
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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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When your in the movie business you have a start date and a stop date.
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Our entire approach to the banking and financial services business is risk-adjusted returns. We believe that in most parts of the world, and including pockets in India, banking tends to mis-price risk.
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Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.
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It's not about revenues: The fundamental economics in digital business is scale and margins. The top line has become the bottom line.
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I worked with fantastic actors, fantastic directors. People I would never otherwise have met. Was I limited? Yes. Did I use it as I could have? No. But I was always ambivalent about Hollywood and what I wanted. And ambivalence in our business is no good for success.
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I'm the guy who's started businesses, I've been a small business owner. I've employed hundreds of Pennsylvanians. I know how to get jobs moving in the private sector, rein in the excesses in Washington, and bring some balance to a town that's lost all balance.
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My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.
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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
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We win more business, not because of pitching but because clients say, 'We like the work you're doing.'
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The Internet will win because it is relentless. Like a cannibal, it even turns on it own. Though early portals like Prodigy and AOL once benefited from their first-mover status, competitors surpassed them as technology and consumer preferences changed.
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You have to learn how to harness technology so you can use it for positive stuff without being disconnected from nature.
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That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.
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Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.
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Very sad that Flybe has gone out of business after serving passengers for four decades.
