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• It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

  Adam Smith

  Invisible Hand, Government, Liberty

  An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations vol. 1, bk. 1, ch. 2 (1776)

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• I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.

  Tiger Woods

  Golf, Doing What You Love, Play

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• You cannot sell a man who isn't listening; word of mouth is the best medium of all; and dullness won't sell your product, but neither will irrelevant brilliance.

  William Bernbach

  Men, Listening, Mouths

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• Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.

  Carter G. Woodson

  People, Pioneers, Taught

  Carter G. Woodson (2006). “The Mis-Education of the Negro”, p.108, Book Tree

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• Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. The special secret it seems to me is summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Courage, Confidence and Constancy. And the greatest of all is Confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

  Walt Disney

  Motivational, Positive, Success

  "Perceive This! : How to Get Everything You Want Out of Life by Changing Your Perceptions". Book by Kevin A. Martin, 2004.

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• It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  "Born to Run: Origins of the Political Career". Book by Ronald Keith Gaddie, p. 119, 2003.

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• The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Political, Bedroom, States

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• Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Motivational, Humorous

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 19, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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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.

  Ted Turner

  Tragedy, Machines, Gains

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• Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.

  Dave Barry

  Self, Organization, Corporations

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teamwork

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• If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Money, Saving, Management

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• Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.

  Duke of Wellington

  Men, Order, Giving

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• When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America have sprung from the courageous enterprise of some individual. It was Commodore Vanderbilt's enterprise in switching first from running a ferryboat to running other ships, and then, when he was well along in years, his enterprise in switching into railroading, that created what was to become one of the most notable fortunes in the history of the world.

  B. C. Forbes

  Running, America, Years

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• Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.

  Sam Walton

  Educational, Commitment, Support

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• Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

  Thomas J. Watson

  Change, Block, Risk

  Thomas J. Watson (1963). “A business and its beliefs: the ideas that helped build IBM.”

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• It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Funny, Life, Success

  "The Queen of Daytime TV". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. February 25, 1991.

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• Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.

  Neil Young

  Commitment, Annoyed, Annoying

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• The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Money, Class, Guillotine

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• Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

  Attributed to Aristotle in "Optimize Your Life!" by Bernhoff A. Dahl, p. 111, 2005.

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• Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your own family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine. Do as you would be done by.

  David Ogilvy

  Lying, Writing, Thinking

  "Confessions of an Advertising Man". Book by David Ogilvy, 1963.

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• Now, we are seeing many of these same companies face the truth about their financial standing. Congress is faced with the challenge of reforming our accounting industry and holding corporate executives responsible for their actions.

  Bennie Thompson

  Challenges, Faces, Action

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• The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting.

  Warren Buffett

  Management, Weak, Reactions

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• Unfortunately, WorldCom is not the only company caught up in this kind of accounting scandal. The impact this will have on the general public is yet to be seen.

  Bennie Thompson

  Impact, Scandal, Kind

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• In the business world, allegations of accounting irregularities is tantamount to yelling fire in a crowded theater, except, today, in our Internet world, instead of people running for the exit signs, they just push the button on their computer.

  Jeffrey Skilling

  Running, Yelling, Fire

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