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Henry David Thoreau

"Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind."

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"Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind."

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"They call it "business" because it does not become successful by a person's "idleness". Go get busy if you want to do business; but be busy for the right reasons!"

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"The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified."

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"That space between the white lines, that's my office. That's where I conduct my business."

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"We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn."

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"Redundancy is my favourite business strategy."

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"You have to learn when it's best to delegate those hard physical jobs to others while you tackle the heavy thinking."

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"There are two kinds of warriors: those on the battlefield, and those in the boardroom; both are out to win. But the age of King Alexander has gone, and the age of Bill Gates has come."

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"I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense."

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