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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of show-business in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of show-business in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of show-business in a Sentence

  1. Jay Leno:

    There's this big pie in show business, and you physically can't eat the whole pie. If you give everybody a slice of pie, you will still have more than enough. The real trick is not to try to get the whole pie, but to keep the biggest slice.

  2. Fred Thompson:

    I told people, I had to get into show business in order to get my political views taken seriously.

  3. Chris Rock:

    Black women have the hardest gig in show business.

  4. Elizabeth Hurley:

    I kind of look at the royal family as being a bit like show business, every time they go out, it's like they're on a red carpet. They're scrutinized, they're looked at. She's had that anyway because she was a major television star -- and a very talented one -- and a beautiful young woman who everyone wanted to talk to.

  5. Anita Loos:

    Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.

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