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"The amount of money you make ethically is directly proportionate to the value you add in others people's life."

"Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters."

"Once lay down the rule that the job comes first and you throw that job open to every individual, man or woman, fat or thin, tall or short, ugly or beautiful, who is able to do that job better than the rest of the world."

"Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving."

"Success does not judge one man for being worthy above another. Success doesn't choose you because of your family name or existing wealth."
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"Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert."

"Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work."

"America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there."

"Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object."

"The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure."

"Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence."
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