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Byron Katie Author, Speaker
Business

"To think that I know what's best for anyone else is to be out of my business. Even in the name of love, it is pure arrogance, and the result is tension, anxiety, and fear. Do I know what's right for me? That is my only business. Let me work with that before I try to solve problems for you."

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Mark Cuban Entrepreneur, Investor
Business

"What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? It takes willingness to learn, to be able to focus, to absorb information, and to always realize that business is a 24/7 job where someone is always out there to kick your ass."

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Jeff Bezos Entrepreneur
Business

"We watch our competitors, learn from them, see the things that they were doing for customers and copy those things as much as we can."

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Paul Ryan Politician
Business

"Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere."

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Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author
Business

"The great challenge to management today is to make productive the tremendous new resource, the knowledge worker. This, rather than the productivity of the manual worker, is the key to economic growth and economic performance in today's society."

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