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" When you hire in business, you don't worry about marquee value. "
Shahid Khan
About
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" I would encourage someone to go to Brazil and try to do business there. BRIC countries get a lot of hype, but business there is brutal. "
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" In a way, NAFTA is like a scrambled egg. How do you unscramble an egg? The value chains are so interwoven that it would be very difficult to do that. But government policies force us to look for ways to unscramble it. "
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" The NFL is one of the few sports where it's possible to tear things down and start again. "
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" It's not an easy thing to captive-breed a falcon. You need to take extreme care of its diet and exercise and keep it close to its natural environment. Whenever the birds take ill, I only use Ayurveda to cure them. "
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Environment
Exercise
" Discretion is a very valuable asset. "
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Discretion
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" You can do anything you want to do. You have to work hard, you have to create your own luck, and you have to have some luck also. "
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Create
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" I really believe in fate or destiny, and I believe the Jacksonville Jaguars were my destiny. I believe, when it's all said and done, it couldn't have worked out better for me... man, oh man, this was just perfect. "
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Believe
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Talent
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Proud
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World
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" If you aren't learning, you are regressing, because more growth comes from failure than from success. "
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