"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."
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"Today the strategies of many companies in the real estate industry are premised on low interest rates, an assumption that has resulted in the rapid expansion of the real estate securitization business. This trend could be regarded as a risk factor, as it exposes the real estate sector to at least three potential problems: first, interest rate hikes; second, revisions to securitization business accounting standards; and third, overheating in the real estate market."
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"In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs."
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"The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting."
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"the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph."
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"Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending."
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"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has."
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"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."
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"Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral."
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"The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting."
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"If you make a sale, you can make a living. If you make an investment of time and good service in a customer, you can make a fortune."
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"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped."
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"Financial struggle is often the direct result of people working all their lives for someone else."
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"Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'."
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"No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution."
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"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides."
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"Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning."
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"Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty."
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"I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over."
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"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."
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