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1
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Albert Einstein
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Business
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Money
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Money only appeals to selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the moneybags of Carnegie?
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2
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Appius Claudius Caecus
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Business
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Initiative
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Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
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3
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Arthur Miller
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Business
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Trust
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Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
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4
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Beilby Porteus
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Business
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Panic
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He who forsees calamities, suffers them twice over.
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5
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Benjamin Franklin
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Business
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Neglect
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A little neglect may breed great mischief.
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6
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Benjamin Franklin
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Business
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Greed
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He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
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7
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Benjamin Franklin
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Business
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Accounting
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Beware of the little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
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8
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Benjamin Franklin
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Business
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Work
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Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please.
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9
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Bill Gates
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Business
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Competition
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If we are not realistic about what we are good at, then there is a chance of going backwards in the face of further competition.
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10
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Bob Evans
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Business
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Competition
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When businesses spend their days hoping nothing too terrible will happen, and when they loose their will to excel and compete and delight, then they're the walking dead.
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11
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Charles H. Spurgeon
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Business
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Debt
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Poverty is hard, but debt is horrible.
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12
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Charles Smith
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Business
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Pessimism
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The stock market I think views the commodity and energy mania as a permanent problem. The problems that come from higher and continually rising prices don't seem like they are going to end.
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13
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Chinese Proverb
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Business
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Service
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A man without a smiling face must not open shop.
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14
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Confucius
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Business
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Economy
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He who will not economize will have to agonize.
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15
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Craig Barrett
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Business
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Environment
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A lot of the world has recognized that smart people, smart ideas, and the right environment are the only three levers you can pull, and they're pulling them.
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16
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Cyril Northcote Parkinson
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Business
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Expense
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Expenditure always rises to meet income.
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17
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Dale Carnegie
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Business
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Image
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The expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's back.
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18
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Dan'l Lewin
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Business
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Dishonesty
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"...it's not a matter of price once you've misstated the facts. You're dead in the water.
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19
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Denis Waitley
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Business
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Goals
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Happiness, wealth, and success are by-products of goal setting; they cannot be the goal themselves.
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20
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Donald Trump
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Business
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Accomplishment
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In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.
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21
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Ferdinand F. Fournies
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Business
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Management
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Your ability as a manager is measured by what your employees do.
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22
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Helen Keller
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Business
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Work
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If we do not like our work, and do not try to get happiness out of it, we are a menace to our profession as well as to ourselves.
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23
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Henry Fielding
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Business
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Greed
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Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.
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24
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Henry Ford
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Business
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Investment
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The man who is diligent in the planting of good seed, will find after awhile that he always has something coming to fulfillment.
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25
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Honore de Balzac
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Business
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Wealth
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Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
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26
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Horace
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Business
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Economy
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He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon little.
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27
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Hungarian Proverb
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Business
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Debt
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He is rich who owes nothing.
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28
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Hungarian Proverb
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Business
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Debt
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He is rich who owes nothing.
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29
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Jim Goodnight
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Business
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Acquisitions
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I don't want someone to come in and slash and burn and get rid of happy employees...Acquisitions have nothing to do with innovation and creativity. It's adding numbers to the bottom line so the CEO looks better.
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30
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Jing Suk
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Business
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Data
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The key question is, 'How can this data help me take an action? What does it mean? What are the actionable insights?'
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31
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John A. Shedd
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Business
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Opportunity
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Opportunities are seldom labeled.
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32
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John Chambers
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Business
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Adversity
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You will never create a great company until you face a near death experience."
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33
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John Huntsman
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Business
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Growth
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If you're in business and you're not aggressively building, you shouldn't be in.
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34
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Jonathan Swift
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Business
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Greed
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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35
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Kin Hubbard
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Business
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Economy
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The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.
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36
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Larry Arnn
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Business
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Accountability
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Most people behave pretty well on Main Street, and most people behave pretty well on Wall Street, when they live under good laws and bear the risk of their own behavior.
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37
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Larry Arnn
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Business
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Vision
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...the question of what one should make is always superior, in point or order and logic, to the question of how to make it.
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38
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Lars Rasmussen
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Business
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I do believe that you can achieve more if you're willing to take risks. There's almost a total correlation between the amount of risk you're willing to take and then the amount of stuff you then potentially can get done.
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39
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Lars Rasmussen
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Business
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I do believe that you can achieve more if you're willing to take risks. There's almost a total correlation between the amount of risk you're willing to take and then the amount of stuff you then potentially can get done.
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40
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Latin Proverb
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Business
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Economy
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No gain is so certain at that which proceeds from the economical us of what you already have.
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41
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Leonard & Thelma Spinrad
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Business
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Professionalism
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The way to go from rags to riches is to start by getting a decent set of rags.
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42
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Marie O'Connor
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Business
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Work
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It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised; the mosquito is swatted.
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43
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Michael Bloomberg
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Business
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Financial Planning
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"..the best financial planning ends with bouncing the check to the undertaker."
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44
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Mitt Romney
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Business
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Research
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Starving research and development is like eating the seed corn.
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45
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Business
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Capitalism
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When you are skinning your customers you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again.
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46
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Business
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Capitalism
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There I discovered something about capitalists. They are all alike, whatever the nationality. All they wanted from me was the most work for the least money that kept me alive. So I became a Communist.
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47
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Publilius Syrus
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Business
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Economy
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The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not.
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48
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Publilius Syrus
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Business
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Professionalism
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A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
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49
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Business
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Wealth
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Money often costs too much.
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50
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Ray Kroc
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Business
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Persistence
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Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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51
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Rob Preston
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Business
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Socialism
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Business (big and small) used to be a core principle of being an American. Now it's becoming what can the government tax from others to provide for me?
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52
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Rodger Dean Duncan
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Business
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Adversity
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When the tide goes out, we discover who’s been without a bathing suit all along.
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53
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Samuel Johnson
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Business
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Debt
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Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.
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54
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Samuel Johnson
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Business
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Persistence
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Few things are impossible to dilligence and skill...Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
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55
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Spencer F. Katt
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Business
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Consultants
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[The] timeworn definition of a consultant: someone who borrows your watch to tell you the time.
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56
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Steven R. Covey
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Business
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Cooperation
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Win-win sees life as a cooperative, not a competitive arena.
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57
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Thomas Fuller
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Business
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Debt
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Debt is the worst poverty.
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58
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Thomas Jefferson
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Business
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Economy
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Never spend your money before you have it.
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59
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Unknown
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Business
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Initiative
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The biggest mistake you can make is believing you work for somebody else.
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60
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Unknown
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Business
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Negotiation
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Think about this old adage from the world of negotiations: "Whoever speaks next, loses."
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61
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Unknown
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Business
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Motivation
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Companies can never demand loyalty and motivation from their employees. They have to earn it from every individual they employ, and that's not easy when job security can no longer be taken for granted.
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62
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Victor Hugo
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Business
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Prosperity
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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63
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Warren Buffet
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Business
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Wealth
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Some material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not. I like having an expensive private plane, but owning a half-dozen homes would be a burden...Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.
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64
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Warren Buffett
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Business
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Consultants
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Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.
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65
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William Jennings Bryan
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Business
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Greed
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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