Don't tell me you're one of those people who becomes their disease. I know so many people like that. It's disheartening. Like, cancer is in the growth business, right? The taking-people-over business. But surely you haven't let it succeed prematurely.
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Related Only after the last tree has been cut down,only after the last river has been poisoned,only after th... THE CREE PEOPLE A business is like an automobile. Its people its wheels, their passion its fuel. AJEET SHARMA Let him who walks in darkness and no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God PEOPLE OF CHRIST We want the business people to know there are a lot of people like us, who are very worried about th... GREG SERBON If you are working to succeed, bear it in mind that many people who aspired to be like you didn’t ... VIKRANT PARSAI It could be to celebrate a special occasion such as a promotion or a retirement. It could be to let ... MAUREEN WILD people dont know you till they meet you. dont smile if you dont want to, dont be a false person, don... CAROLINA JANETTE GOMEZ GONZALEZ In a business like the movie business, you're going to have a lot of people competing. Somebody ... 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I like people. LAURA BUSH I think you have to send a message out to those outside the state, ... that Louisiana is in fact tak... ROBERT ADLEY Let me tell you a secret: every time self-doubt crawls in to your skull, grab that mother by the thr... TONY MCFADDEN One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer a... JOHN GREEN I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah mov... ZOOEY DESCHANEL The biggest thing I want to see is that people have the drive to succeed. If they can 'take it o... TILMAN J. FERTITTA Well, we're in show business, and I have been making a living in this business a long time and inevi... WALTER HILL The statement 'we don't want to do business with you people' _ you people isn't anyone but John McDo... ALLEN LICHTENSTEIN People like to be shown around archives. I don’t know why. I’m in the business, but one row of s... V.T. DAVY I worked with practically everybody in the business in all of the years in NBC, but I worked persona... SKITCH HENDERSON The reason is simple. It's my love for Tony. But you know what? I still enjoy meeting people who res... JACK KLUGMAN I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in... ANITA BAKER Many people who know me call me 'the hardest working man in the news business' because you... DON LEMON I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phone... BLU CANTRELL I've got to let the people who are in the business run the business. I can help them think throu... RAM SHRIRAM I didn't know Mick very well, but I didn't like him. He made me feel really uncomfortable, so I didn... CATHY CRAFT The best thing for me is that it opened doors. In this business so much depends on having the right ... CASSIE COMPTON Well you know how some people have cancer in their family and some have heart disease. My family was... JOY BEHAR Well you know how some people have cancer in their family and some have heart disease. My family was... JOY BEHAR When it comes right down to it, whatever business you're in, you're in the people business. ... KAREN SALMANSOHN Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know... ANI DIFRANCO It just helped to see that people like me can be successful out in the business world. JOHN HALL By the Nineties, so many people were moonlighting and creating their own professional identities tha... EVAN OSNOS It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over... RAY STEVENSON I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phone... BLU CANTRELL The most successful entrepreneurs tell you they have a great team. Lots of small-business owners let... BILL RANCIC I like performers who I know are for real. You can tell, man, there's an intensity about their s... ALAN VEGA So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion of their companions, therefore ... QURAN I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including ... NELSON MANDELA The thing is, she was representative of so many people all over the country fighting their own priva... GLORIA HUNNIFORD I think most people would like to get this behind us, so the company can talk about other things, li... GUS PAPAGEORGIOU The glory of fame isn't in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you car... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH So many people condemn me for risk taking, but I find it sort of hypocritical because everybody take... ALEX HONNOLD Obviously, losing the Tattered Cover is like losing an old friend ... We're saddened to see them mov... DAVE MORTON She was one of those people who said I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like. MAX BEERBOHM She was one of those people who said ''I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like.'' MAX BEERBOHM At some point it becomes a human rights issue. A hotelier might like greeting people and want to con... LARRY WHITE I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making th... KUMAIL NANJIANI I don't know if you know you're funny, but you enjoy being funny. I know I'm funny becau... GREG BEHRENDT It's geared to both people who are already in business or those who are in the process of formulatin... BOB RUBIN The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in busines... MO IBRAHIM Some people try to tell you the things you want in life are out of your grasp, while others lift you... KATIE KACVINSKY People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learn... TATE TAYLOR I love funny people, and when I'm with funny people, or people who are amusing in their weirdnes... PAUL FEIG People do business with people they like. MICHELLE TILLIS LEDERMAN A lot of people... kind of make heroes that are separate from us, people who are, you know, like... ... WALTER MOSLEY The trouble with people is not that they dont know but that they know so much that aint so. JOSH BILLINGS You wouldn't know it, from some of the things I've said over the years, but I like people... I do...... GEORGE CARLIN Secure our borders first. Let us know and let us make sure the American people know that we're t... MICHAEL STEELE The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to kno... CANDACE BUSHNELL I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it'... CARL LEWIS People deal with grief in many different ways. And some people in show business parade their relatio... RUPAUL At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who... BARNABY C. KEENEY I like to say that the one thing that all people who succeed in changing the world have in common is... KEVIN SYSTROM I'm in the health care business and I know I see the effects that it has on people - not exercising ... LISA STRICKLAND America is one of the biggest businesses in the world, and the people who run it can't balance t... JOHN PAUL DEJORIA Cancer affects so many people, and even if it hasn't affected someone in your family then you kn... MOLLIE KING Don’t some people say, ‘You did not value me’? What value did you have at all? Go ask the ocea... DADA BHAGWAN When I was growing up, there was nobody in my family - not even my mother - who I could look to and ... FRANK OCEAN How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to... MARLEE MATLIN For those people who have been in this business their entire lives, this is about the toughest marke... SEAN MCHUGH i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... DALLY SALAD Investment is crucial. Because the truth is, you only get jobs and growth in the economy when people... JOHN KEY Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own c... AYN RAND I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their in... JOHN GREEN I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vi... STEVE BALLMER People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a ... JEROME K. JEROME Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becom... LILI TAYLOR My favorite thing about this business is you're just jammed in a room on a set with like-minded ... KAITLIN DOUBLEDAY It is not your business to succeed, but to do right. When you have done so the rest lies with god. C.S. LEWIS (About Love)The most important thing in life, and you can't tell whether people have it or not. Sure... NICK HORNBY I think that we live in a very timid age, and a part of our timidity arises from our unwillingness t... SALMAN RUSHDIE I'm not in the news business and won't tell people how to do their job. I'd like to rest... CRAIG NEWMARK Okay, seriously, I dont know if this is true or not, but I heard people who use profanity are trying... SIMONE ELKELES And I loved the whole idea behind the story, which is that you're beautiful, so don't let other peop... MIKE MYERS I know this district and I like its people. People like someone who understands where they come from... AL WEED My cancer is me. The tumors are made of me. 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