Show Business Quotes - Page 2

• Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Successful, Insanity, Wish

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• The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.

  Danica McKellar

  Giving, Cameras, Salary

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• There's no doubt about it, show business lures the people who didn't get enough love, attention, or approval early in life and have grown up to become bottomless, gaping vessels of terrifying, abject need. Please laugh.

  Dennis Miller

  People, Laughing, Doubt

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• I've always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.

  Sara Blakely

  Blue, Style, Nails

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• Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.

  James Dyson

  Evolve

  "James Dyson on Using Failure to Drive Success". Interview with Nadia Goodman, www.entrepreneur.com. November 5, 2012.

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• I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.

  Billy Sunday

  Sports, Education, Alcohol

  Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1917). “Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

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• Even my older brothers' early success 10 years ago didn't change me since there was such an age difference.

  Andy Gibb

  Brother, Age Difference, Years

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• There is no business like show business. There is also no business like certified public accounting, but that doesn't rhyme as well.

  Craig Shaw Gardner

  Rhyme, Shows, Wells

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• When I started my last business, I didn't receive a paycheck for 13 months. The average person can't handle that pressure.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Financial Education, Average

  Twitter post from Jan 16, 2017

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• I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Art, Money, Business

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'd rather clean my toilet than go to a show-business party.

  Shania Twain

  Party, Toilets, Clean

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• Anything can change in show business, you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.

  Ricky Martin

  One Day, Shows, Know How

  "Ricky Martin is 'having the time of my life'". Interview with The Associated Press, www.sify.com. July 18, 2012.

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• There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work.

  Martha Reeves

  Thinking, Pops, Shows

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• In show business, more showgirls are kept than promises.

  Fred Allen

  Promise, Shows

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• Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and they're very bright. But there's a sense of doing it because you want the adults to be approving of you. You want to make them happy.

  Anna Chlumsky

  Cute, Kids, Adults

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• I am constantly asked why I never made other films after 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' the answer is I was never asked.

  Johnnie Ray

  Answers, Film, Made

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• Milton Berle is an inspiration to every young person that wants to get into show business. Hard work, perseverance, and discipline: all the things you need...when you have no talent.

  Dean Martin

  Perseverance, Inspiration, Hard Work

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Oh, when I was a kid in show business I was poor. I used to go to orgies to eat the grapes.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Funny, Humor, Kids

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• Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs.

  Carroll O'Connor

  Running, Business, People

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• Show business is and has always been a depraved carnival.

  David Mamet

  Carnivals, Shows, Depraved

  David Mamet (2011). “True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor”, p.50, Vintage

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• In show business, you get chewed up and spit out.

  John Aniston

  Spit, Shows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know.

  Denise Crosby

  Who You Know, Contact, Shows

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• You've got to know business before you go to show business.

  Patti LaBelle

  Shows, Knows

  "Patti LaBelle: The People’s Diva". Interview with Damainion Ewell, allhiphop.com. June 1, 2004.

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• I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from.

  Ashley Tisdale

  Giving, Able, Normal

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe that the laws of karma do not apply to show business, where good things happen to bad people on a fairly regular basis.

  Chuck Lorre

  Karma, Believe, Law

  "Running A Comedy Machine: How Chuck Lorre Makes Hits". "Morning Edition" with Neda Ulaby, www.npr.org. November 27, 2012.

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