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" It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket. "

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" Put a love note in his shaving kit before he leaves on a business trip. "

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" If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid. "

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" We can find a great sector or business, but we're investing so early that unless there's this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability to evolve, it won't work. "

" Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to be carefully sown into the fabric of their companies. "

" Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything. "

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" A stock certificate is not a tool, like a shovel, or a commodity, like a pound of cheese. What we sell a customer is not a share in a business, but a view of the Elysian Fields. A financier is a creative artist. Our function is to stimulate the imagination. We are poets! "

" Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles. "

" Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society. "

" A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships. "

" The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience. "

" There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What's the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing. "

" Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business. "

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" It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to burn it in a co-generation power plant. That will yield the most energy and that is something you can do today. "

" Content marketing is one of the most effective ways to promote your business online - but only when it's done right. "

" Being a Navy SEAL and sniper taught me all about risk management. Take away all the risk variables under your control and reduce it to an acceptable level. The same fundamentals apply in business. "

" I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious. "

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" Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry. "

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" Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work! "

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" I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side. "