"Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth."
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"Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds."
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"To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business."
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"Honor is better than honors."
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"People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change."
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"Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be."
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"I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor."
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"I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles."
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"We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics."
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"The most successful people in life have the best information"
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"We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost."
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"We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death."
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"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."
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"Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana."
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"There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written."
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"Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars."
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"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics."
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"The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men."
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"Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives."
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"Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose"
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