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"It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before."

"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"Few people at the beginning of the nineteenth century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted."
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"Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you."

"I can't confirm any rumors. I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I have no interest in going back to coaching."

"Two to three years down the road, other companies not on a model like Dell's will be in trouble."

"Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be."

"The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time."

"Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best."
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