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" No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? "

Lee Iacocca

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" The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. "

" My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. "

" We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. "

" The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come. "

" I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea for the whole country. "

" There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there. "

" I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days. "

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" So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. "

" To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for. "

" It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans. "

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" I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers. "

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