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Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.


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VERONICA ROTH Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the do...
PHILIP ROTH I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.
VERONICA ROTH Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to f...
PHILIP ROTH The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was...
VERONICS ROTH Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstan...
PHILIP ROTH But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I thin...
VERONICA ROTH Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.
VERONICA ROTH My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you...
PHILIP ROTH shoot for perfection and you will achieve excellence.
SCOTT ROTH Writing, for me, was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obst...
PHILIP ROTH I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doin...
ELI ROTH Fluency can be a sign that nothing is happening; fluency can actually be my signal to stop, while be...
PHILIP ROTH With the draft, everybody was involved. Everybody was fodder. When you got to be 21, 22 and graduate...
PHILIP ROTH Comments that an apology was not offered quick enough are dead wrong. I believed that those attendin...
LARRY ROTH Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.
PHILIP ROTH Ultimately it doesn't matter whether you go forwards or backwards: you need to live your life as...
ERIC ROTH Roth acts to protect Dover AFB.
WILLIAM ROTH Possession and exorcism is something that's in every religion and every culture. It's a real...
ELI ROTH We are holding these hearings because one thing is certain. We can't fix the IRS without knowing wha...
WILLIAM ROTH I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed.
TIM ROTH Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.
VERONICA ROTH That's what you're looking for as a writer when you're working. You're looking for y...
PHILIP ROTH I’m not important. Everyone will do just fine without me,” I say.
“Who cares about everyo...
VERONICA ROTH Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.
VERONICA ROTH