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"Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others."
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David Rockefeller
"Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others."
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"We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs."
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Harold S. Geneen
"We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs."
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"Gifts make slaves."
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Levi Strauss
"Gifts make slaves."
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"Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company. I'm very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish."
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Steve Ballmer
"Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company. I'm very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish."
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"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."
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Mary Kay Ash
"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."
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"Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing."
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Allen Klein
"Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing."
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"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty."
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John D. Rockefeller
"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty."
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"You then get into a period a few years ago, where a lot of external factors that we didn't have anything to do with did hit, and some of them at the same time... devaluations, weak economies, you name it, in various parts of the world."
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Jim Cantalupo
"You then get into a period a few years ago, where a lot of external factors that we didn't have anything to do with did hit, and some of them at the same time... devaluations, weak economies, you name it, in various parts of the world."
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"Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless."
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James Cash Penney
"Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless."
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"You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man."
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Wellington Mara
"You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man."
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"Napster works because people who love music share and participate."
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Shawn Fanning
"Napster works because people who love music share and participate."
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"We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco."
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James Sinegal
"We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco."
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"In the '20s they were telling us wed all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon."
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Jay Chiat
"In the '20s they were telling us wed all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon."
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"There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand,' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do."
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Soichiro Honda
"There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand,' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do."
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"My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence."
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John Kluge
"My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence."
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"Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything."
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W. Clement Stone
"Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything."
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"There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of aggregated capital to serve civilization, and that the new developments will be made right here in America."
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William Graham Sumner
"There is every indication that we are to see new developments of the power of aggregated capital to serve civilization, and that the new developments will be made right here in America."
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"I think humans are just hard-wired to process people's faces and understand meaning and expression at such a more granular level than other types of communication."
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Mark Zuckerberg
"I think humans are just hard-wired to process people's faces and understand meaning and expression at such a more granular level than other types of communication."
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"I'm always crunching numbers, so my calculator watch is a must."
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David Neeleman
"I'm always crunching numbers, so my calculator watch is a must."
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"Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way."
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Howard Schultz
"Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way."
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"We didn't readjust our thinking or rebuild quick enough."
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Wellington Mara
"We didn't readjust our thinking or rebuild quick enough."
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"Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy."
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John Jay Hooker
"Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy."
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"May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!"
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Gustav Krupp
"May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!"
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"You spend so much time in your profession it ought to be something you love."
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John H. Johnson
"You spend so much time in your profession it ought to be something you love."
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"Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare."
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William Graham Sumner
"Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare."
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"I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence."
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Walter Annenberg
"I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence."
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"I mean I'm not smarter than the market, but I can recognize a good tape and a bad tape. I recognize when it's right and when it's wrong and that's what my strength is."
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Jim Cramer
"I mean I'm not smarter than the market, but I can recognize a good tape and a bad tape. I recognize when it's right and when it's wrong and that's what my strength is."
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"I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software."
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Bill Gates
"I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software."
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"Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system."
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Carly Fiorina
"Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system."
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"But if USA has 1.3 billion people, USA would have the same human rights problem just like China."
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Alex Chiu
"But if USA has 1.3 billion people, USA would have the same human rights problem just like China."
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"When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period."
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John Moody
"When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period."
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"In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally."
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Jim Balsillie
"In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally."
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"Untapped potential is the difference between where a person is now and where he or she can be."
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Bo Bennett
"Untapped potential is the difference between where a person is now and where he or she can be."
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"Running those poor steers back and forth in the heat is ridiculous. What they ought to do is put the steers in the convention hall and run the delegates."
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Stanley Marcus
"Running those poor steers back and forth in the heat is ridiculous. What they ought to do is put the steers in the convention hall and run the delegates."
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"In those days secrets were well kept."
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Stuart Symington
"In those days secrets were well kept."
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"I don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular."
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David Ogilvy
"I don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular."
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"We believe in fair exchange rates and Japan doesn't practice that. They have massive U.S. dollar reserves, and they use them to intervene regularly."
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Rick Wagoner
"We believe in fair exchange rates and Japan doesn't practice that. They have massive U.S. dollar reserves, and they use them to intervene regularly."
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"The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible."
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Bernard Baruch
"The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible."
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"Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business."
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Meg Whitman
"Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business."
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"You can't run a business or anything else on a theory."
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Harold S. Geneen
"You can't run a business or anything else on a theory."
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"Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth -it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million."
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Ted Turner
"Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth -it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million."
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"Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it."
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James Cash Penney
"Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it."
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"Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money."
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David Geffen
"Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money."
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"If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee."
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William Graham Sumner
"If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee."
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"There is no significant man-made Global Warming underway and the science on which the computer projections of weather chaos are based is badly flawed."
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John Coleman
"There is no significant man-made Global Warming underway and the science on which the computer projections of weather chaos are based is badly flawed."
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"OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it."
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Nat Friedman
"OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it."
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"Events tend to recur in cycles."
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W. Clement Stone
"Events tend to recur in cycles."
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"I have ways of making money that you know nothing of."
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John D. Rockefeller
"I have ways of making money that you know nothing of."
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"Oh there are lots of doctors and medical professionals out there who buy my devices at whole sale price."
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Alex Chiu
"Oh there are lots of doctors and medical professionals out there who buy my devices at whole sale price."
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"The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare."
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John Moody
"The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare."
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