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Wealth Is Nothing More Or Less Than A Tool To Do Things With. It Is Like The Fuel That Runs The Furnace Or The Belt That Runs The Wheel - Only A Means To An End.

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Wealth Is Nothing More Or Less Than A Tool To Do Things With. It Is Like The Fuel That Runs The Furnace Or The Belt That Runs The Wheel - Only A Means To An End.

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You Can Take My Factories, Burn Up My Buildings, But Give Me My People And I'll Build The Business Right Back Again.

Whether You Think You Can, Or You Think You Can't, You Still Have To File Your 990 Each Year.

Every Object Tells A Story If You Know How To Read It.

If There Is Any One Secret Of Success, It Lies In The Ability To Get The Other Person's Point Of View And See Things From That Person's Angle As Well As From Your Own.

Our Policy Is To Reduce The Price, Extend The Operations, And Improve The Article.

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None Of Our Men Are 'experts.' We Have Most Unfortunately Found It Necessary To Get Rid Of A Man As Soon As He Thinks Himself An Expert Because No One Ever Considers Himself Expert If He Really Knows His Job... Thinking Always Ahead, Thinking Always Of Trying To Do More, Brings A State Of Mind In Which Nothing Is Impossible.

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Opportunities Will Not Overlook You Because You Are Wearing Overalls.

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