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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. "
John Schnatter
Eat
You
Two
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" I realized the world spins without me having to spin it. "
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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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Run
Me
" The board gets upset because I won't take a raise, but I've got plenty of money. "
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Raise
Upset
Take
" Regardless of what the minimum wage is, you really have the market wage. And if we're not taking care of our people, then we're going to lose good talent, at every level. "
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People
Care
" 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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Year
Original
Date
" Getting big is just a byproduct of getting better. "
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Just
Better
Big
" I just like building stuff. "
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Just
Building
Stuff
" When you have built a $3 billion company out of a broom closet, I think you are entitled to a nice house. "
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Closet
Nice
House
" Everybody wants to own quality, but quality takes time, and it takes money. "
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Quality
Everybody
Money
" 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?' "
John Schnatter
Mistakes
Facts
Better
" When you start off broke - and we weren't broke, we were negative broke - you never forget that. You stay appreciative. "
John Schnatter
Negative
Start
Stay
" As long as our quality and company continue to get better, by nature, we will get bigger. "
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Better
Long
Quality
" If you don't take care of the people doing the heavy lifting, they will burn your castle down. "
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You
People
Doing
" At 22, I had something I loved to do - make pizza - and something I was good at: running a business. "
John Schnatter
Running
Pizza
Business
" 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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Dream
Business
College
" If the people buying the pizza are happy, they'll probably buy the pizza again. "
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Pizza
Buying
Buy
" America in 2016 is on the path to becoming what Germany was in 1867. "
John Schnatter
Germany
Path
America
" Companies like Papa John's are largely a collection of small independent businesses. "
John Schnatter
Small
Collection
Independent
" I love my business. I love my employees. "
John Schnatter
Employees
Love
I Love
" I was born and raised in the state of Indiana, and it's where I started Papa John's, so this state and our partnership with the Pacers hold a special place in my heart. "
John Schnatter
Special
Partnership
Heart
" You've got to have free markets with limited government, with the proper amount of regulation where you don't jam entrepreneurship. "
John Schnatter
Government
Jam
Where
" I just don't like making mistakes. "
John Schnatter
Just
Mistakes
Like
" Pizza's really nutritious; it's good for you. You can't sit down and eat a whole carton of eggs, and you can't sit down and eat a whole pizza. "
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Pizza
Good
Down
" I am the American Dream. "
John Schnatter
I Am
American
American Dream
" I don't condone racism. I don't condone prejudice. "
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Prejudice
Condone
Racism
" If you are a success, you can take care of people; you can give a lot to your community. "
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Community
People
Success
" I think if there was a sharing in the ups, a sharing in the downs, the country would not be as divided. "
John Schnatter
Think
Country
Divided
" In 1991, I didn't have $2,000 to go on vacation. "
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Go
Vacation
" We don't promote or advocate people eating a whole pizza. "
John Schnatter
Advocate
Pizza
Whole
" I will not allow either my good name or the good name of the company I founded and love to be unfairly tainted. "
John Schnatter
Good
Love
Either