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		Anybody who can afford a box of business cards can afford a Web site. Any company with an 800 number can move its services to the Web for peanuts by comparison. The extreme case of corporate promotion is to strip away all other aspects of your business and sell goods or services via the Net alone, as amazon.com has done with books.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nathan Myhrvold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I look at my body, I'm like, 'I'm a lead of a TV show?' To have a man in the business say, 'Come along just as you are,' is really an incredible thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Keller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Madeleine M. Kunin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				W. H. Davies 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbra Streisand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				T. J. Perkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the 20th century alone, there have been 1,600 books about the circus. My adding one more would be superfluous unless I do something totally new and different. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Jennings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				T Bone Burnett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Ellis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hank Aaron 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Calvin Coolidge 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Doing business and doing good are not mutually exclusive, and it is our responsibility to prove this every day anew. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		There is only one Donald Trump, as we know. But there are aspects of where he's coming from that I understand, which is business people that have built and actually created jobs in this country. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carlos Beruff 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We need business leaders who have a respect for technical issues even if they don't have technical backgrounds. In a lot of U.S. industries, including cars and even computers, many managers don't think of technology as a core competency, and this attitude leads them to farm out technical issues. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Catmull 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Loneliness is holding the one you love When you know you might never hold him again. Even lost in the darkness My heart will find you The soul die at the hand of the one who carries it. If I could find a place to run away Hidden safely, I would be there today. The darkest daylight finds me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kami Garcia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackie Joyner-Kersee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In Chinese culture, it wouldn't occur to kids to question or talk back to their parents. In American culture, kids in books, TV shows and movies constantly score points with their snappy back talk. Typically, it's the parents who need to be taught a life lesson - by their children. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Amy Chua 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Anybody who can afford a box of business cards can afford a Web site. Any company with an 800 number can move its services to the Web for peanuts by comparison. The extreme case of corporate promotion is to strip away all other aspects of your business and sell goods or services via the Net alone, as amazon.com has done with books. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nathan Myhrvold