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" I am the American Dream. "
John Schnatter
I Am
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" The original goal for Papa John's was to make $50 grand a year and have $50 grand in the bank so I could get a date. "
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" I buried my dad on a Thursday and showed up for work on Friday. "
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" Pizza's actually healthy for you if you don't eat too much of it. If you eat one or two slices, it's very nutritious. "
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" I don't condone racism. I don't condone prejudice. "
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" It was Labor Day weekend in 1983, and Dad hired me to run Mick's Lounge, a bar he co-owned, for $200 a week. The business was nearly bankrupt. But I said, 'Dad, I can fix it.' It was the most natural thing I'd ever done. It just made sense to me. "
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" The board gets upset because I won't take a raise, but I've got plenty of money. "
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" Getting big is just a byproduct of getting better. "
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" I had this dream of starting a pizza business since college. I came up with the name, menu, and recipes back then. "
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" You have to make mistakes to get better. I used to make a mistake, and I kind of get down on myself. And now I make a mistake, and I go, 'Okay, did you learn from this? Did you stick to the facts, and did you stick with the logic? Did you have the analytics?' "
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