Clint Eastwood (1930) actor and director from the United States
Speech at the Republican National Convention on August 30, 2012 ( transcript http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/30/transcript-clint-eastwood-speech-at-rnc.html)
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Clint Eastwood (1930) actor and director from the United States
Speech at the Republican National Convention on August 30, 2012 ( transcript http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/30/transcript-clint-eastwood-speech-at-rnc.html)
“Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.”
George Soros (1930) Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Interview with Mark Shapiro (2000)
“I ain't saying you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Context: I ain't saying you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right.
Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) mid-20th-century Governor of Illinois and Ambassador to the UN
Speech, (3 November 1952) as quoted in "The Graceful Loser" in TIME (23 July 1965) http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,841890,00.html
“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.”
Mark Twain book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man!”
Jay-Z (1969) American rapper, businessman, entrepreneur, record executive, songwriter, record producer and investor
“What have I done for you,
England, my England?
What is there I would not do,
England, my own?”
William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) English poet, critic and editor
Source: Poems (1898), Rhymes And Rhythms, XXV
“What do you call an honest Iranian businessman? Asif.”
Omid Djalili (1965) Iranian-British stand-up comedian
No Agenda (2007)
“I am not a businessman, I am an artist”
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Margrethe II of Denmark (1940) Queen of Denmark
On being a female monarch, interview with Bo Lidegaard, 'Politiken' Partially available online http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1495013/dronningen-opgaven-som-regent-har-man-for-livet/ (01 January 2012). <br class="br">Life Philosophy