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Quotes by Businessman
"Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window."
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"Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties."
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"If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny."
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"Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have."
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"Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right."
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"The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital."
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"The first stage in a technology's advance is that it'll fall below a critical price. After it falls below a critical price, it will tend, if it's successful, to rise above a critical mass, a penetration."
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"There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it."
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"Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone."
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"No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living."
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"Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising."
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"I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself."
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"The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went."
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"The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way."
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"We're trying to put ourselves in the best position to win, period, if not this year, next year."
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"Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours."
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"I think if you go beyond a year - if this continues into the system in the out years, I think there is a risk and that - that we could have a negative reaction in the bond market and that will offset the good that was attempted to be done."
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"It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties."
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"Since I arrived at CNN, it has grown into one of the largest and most trusted news organizations in the world."
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"We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be."
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"The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated."
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"We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'"
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"First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it."
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"I believe in giving back very strongly."
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"Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work."
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"Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time."
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"Right now the long-term investors are telling us that they're not as concerned about inflation and so we're seeing these rates now move into the marketplace and out to the street - rates that individuals can get."
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"So from the housing standpoint, steady as you go, I think, would be the best medicine."
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"I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment."
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"I'm very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, this is the time to invest. There's so much opportunity. Let's just invest in that opportunity, and really get after it."
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"It's quite complicated and sounds circular, but we've worked out a way of calculate a Web site's importance."
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"I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad."
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"The struggle hurts now but will be sweet in times of retrospect."
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"Our feet are grape-squashed in memoriesour skins are still flushedfrom the touch of summer's lips."
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"Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural."
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"Hitler was good in the beginning, but he went too far."
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"I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure."
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"Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top."
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"We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come. But we must."
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"The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies."
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"The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication."
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"Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time."
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"Don't say it's because of benefits, because our benefits are good."
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"I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty."
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"As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for."
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