Independence Day Quotes - Benet

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“There'll be ice-cream and fireworks and a speechBy Somebody the Honorable Who,The lovers will pair off in the kind darkAnd Tessie Jones, our honor-graduate,Will read the Declaration.That's how it is. It's always been that way.That's our Fourth of July, through war and peace,That's our Fourth of July.”Stephen Vincent Benet (1898 – 1943) U.S. poet and short-story writer

Money Quotes - Earl G Graves

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“Money makes people listen. When you have it, then you have something others want and need. When you don't you become invisible.”Earl G. Graves (b. 1935) U.S. publisher and author

Sincerity Quotes - George Orwell

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“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting ink.”George Orwell (1903 – 50) British novelist, critic, and political commentator

Freedom - Force Quotes - Thomas Mann

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“Freedom is a more complex and delicate thing than force. It is not as simple to live under as force is.”Thomas Mann (1875 – 1955) German winner of the Nobel Prize in literature

Meeting Quotes - Harold Geneen

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“In a good meeting there is a momentum that comes from the spontaneous exchange of fresh ideas and produces extraordinary results. That momentum depends on the freedom permitted the participants.”Harold S. Geneen (1910 – 97) U.S. president and C.E.O. of ITT

Freedom Quotes - Arthur Levitt

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“We sometimes take for granted the freedom and power of independent thought and action. And only after it's been compromised, do we fully realize how fundamental it is to the pursuit of economic opportunity.”Arthur Levitt, Jr. (b. 1931) U.S. chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Independence Work Quotes - Rousseau

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“We cannot work for others without working for ourselves.”Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 – 78) French political philosopher and writer

Independence Day Quotes - James Riley

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“Sing in the tones of prayer,Sing till the soaring soulShall float above the world's controlIn Freedom everywhere!Sing for the good that is to be,Sing for the eyes that are to seeThe land where man at last is free,O sing for Liberty!”James Whitcomb Riley (1849 – 1916) U.S. poet

Problems Quotes - Henry Kaiser

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“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.” [read business fable]Henry J. Kaiser (1882 – 1967) U.S. industrialist

Advice Quotes - Blaise Pascal

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“What a difficult thing it is to ask someone's advice on a matter without coloring his judgment by the way in which we present our problem.” [read business fable]Blaise Pascal (1623 – 62) French mathematician and religious philosopher

Power - Morality Quotes - James Baldwin

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“But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.”James Baldwin (1924 – 87) U.S. novelist and poet

Justice Quotes - Thomas More

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“If the parties will at my hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the Devil on the other, his cause being good, the Devil should have right.”Thomas More (1478 – 1535) British humanist scholar and statesman

Inspirational Quotes - Oscar Wilde

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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet

Work Quotes - Pablo Picasso

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“Work is necessary for man. Man invented the alarm clock.”Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) Spanish painter and sculptor

Humor - Wealth Quotes - Mary Quant

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“Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital.”Mary Quant (b. 1934) British fashion designer

Truth - Sincerity Quotes - Mark Twain

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“When in doubt tell the truth.”Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) U.S. humorist and writer

Business Reputation Quotes - Chandos

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“In business a reputation for keeping absolutely to the letter and spirit of an agreement, even when it is unfavorable, is the most precious of assets, although it is not entered in the balance sheet.”Oliver Lyttelton Chandos (1893 – 1972) British statesman and industrialist

Planning - Victory Quotes - Sun Tzu

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“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations ... here the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few to defeat.”Sun Tzu (544? - 496? B.C.) Chinese military strategist and author
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