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		To err is human, to forgive is against company policy.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lew Wasserman
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There's a very distinct difference between a really wonderful DIY label and a soft drink company, or a car company, or a clothing brand, and you will always understand that difference.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Alan Palomo
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In less than a year, roughly one third of our senior management team has changed, we are taking large amounts of cost out of the company, faster than ever in the history of Kodak.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				George Fisher
			
			
				Cannibal Corpse
			
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements - people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts - are fatal.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ward McAllister
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Prada is such a huge company, and it was an honour to work with them and so early on in my career.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ymre Stiekema
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I never have cakes or biscuits. I don't have a sweet tooth at all, and I can't stand chocolates - I find them so sickly. However, I will buy cakes if I'm expecting company.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kate O'Mara
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				W. Edwards Deming
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I was going to study at the Sorbonne and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Gloria Estefan
			
			
				Miami Sound Machine
			
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I ended up working in Michigan for a young company called Sycor out of Michigan, worked there, and that company got bought by Northern Telecom. We became the Bell Northern Research Labs of Northern Telecom.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ram Shriram
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		What we did with 'AllThingsD', though, was very different. We weren't taking a newspaper and putting it on the web; we were creating a digital native product, and we did it inside of a very old, stuffy newspaper company at the time.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Walt Mossberg
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There's this company called Vega that sponsors us, and basically, what it is is a vegan health optimizer. But really it's a protein shake that has all the vitamins, all the enzymes, all the minerals, all the carbs, all the proteins... everything that you need to set yourself for the day.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Alissa White-Gluz
			
			
				The Agonist
			
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Venus Williams has an amazing line; I love her collection. I'm always at her office. She has an interior design company and her EleVen company. They have a wonderful office space and I'm always there for the interior part and get to see what she's doing with EleVen.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Serena Williams
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
		
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		You really want a company full of missionaries, not mercenaries.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Sam Altman
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I must take issue with the term 'a mere child', for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Fran Lebowitz
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ritchie Blackmore
			
			
				Blackmore's Night
			
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It pains me to see my old company, which has meant so much to America, on the ropes. But Chrysler has been in trouble before, and we got through it, and I believe they can do it again. [...] Let's face it, if your car breaks down, you're not going to take it to the White House to get fixed. But, if your company breaks down, you've got to go to the experts on the ground, not the bureaucrats.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lee Iacocca