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The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions. -- John Hancock
When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the 'Huffington Post' from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business. -- Peter Diamandis
The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life. -- John Hannah
From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre. -- Milla Jovovich
Protestantism has actually put a man in the position of a country governed by secret police. The spy and eavesdropper, 'conscience,' watches over every motion of the mind, and all thought and action is for it a 'matter of conscience,' i.e. police business. -- Max Stirner
Think about all the great leaders. Think about Obama. Think about Clinton. Think about Nelson Mandela. Think about all the people that we know who are very successful in business, in politics and religion. What are they? They tell purposeful stories. They move people to action by aiming at the heart. -- Peter Guber
There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting places where captive wild animals perform for our amusement. If the public will not pay to see them, the businesses that profit from keeping animals captive will not be able to continue. -- Peter Singer
It's true that many of the leaders who started at non-elite colleges as undergrads later attended prominent graduate schools in law, business, medicine, and so on. But the point is that they found their own way there - as young men and women in their early 20s, not teenagers pressed into action by parents and peers. -- Nina Easton
Back when I used to struggle with how I could define myself in the film business, I knew that I'd always remain true to myself and what I wanted to accomplish. The style of action I showcase is quite different from other stars we usually see, but I'm remaining true to myself, and hopefully this comes across. -- Scott Adkins
The superhero genre speaks to a vast swath of humanity these days, and studios are in the business of constantly renewing their money-printing licenses. I sense we're nearing a saturation point with some of these icons, where it becomes more about the action figures and Happy Meals than it does the mythological heartbeat of the core ideas. -- Mark Frost
Business and action strengthen the brain, but too much study weakens it. -- Henry George Bohn
In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th' ignorant More learned than the ears. -- William Shakespeare
Action is the great business of mankind, and the whole matter about which all laws are conversant. -- John Locke
A new model of heroic capitalism based on principle-driven, free-market entrepreneurship deserves a central place in business-ethics thought and action. -- Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
The Business story is designed to trigger the listener to take an effective action. If it doesn't, the story fails. -- Robert McKee
I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching. -- Wesley Snipes
Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of cynicism. -- Geoff Mulgan
In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic. -- Jim Butcher
Ay - 'The Green Fool' business, the libel action over the head of it - did me a lot of damage. It destroyed the momentum. -- Patrick Kavanagh
I stumbled into this business, I didn't train for it. I yelled 'Action!' on my first two movies before the camera was turned on. -- John Hughes
Wise sayings are not only for ornament, but for action and business, having a point or edge, whereby knots in business are pierced and discovered. -- Francis Bacon
I like the action business. I like the action movies. I guess Hollywood wants to see me do action. So I am down. I like it. -- Larenz Tate
I am a man of action, like a statue of a guy running. In business, when a salesman and a customer race each other, both win. -- Jarod Kintz
The Millennium Development Goals can be met by 2015, but only if all involved break with business as usual and dramatically accelerate and scale up action now. -- Kofi Annan
The end of pleasure is to support the offices of life, to relieve the fatigues of business, to reward a regular action, and to encourage the continuance. -- Jeremy Collier
The dreamer is the whole dream. For us, dreaming and imagination are coupled with action to treat our lives, our business and our relationships as a constant unfolding. -- Tim Girvin

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