"Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen."
-Lee Iacocca
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"In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.“
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"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life."
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"We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."
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"Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death."
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"There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men."
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"In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits."
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