Tag: quotes
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Lee Iacocca Quotes
Lido Anthony “Lee” Iacocca is an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. Iacocca was a passionate advocate of U.S. business exports during the…
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Bob Dylan Quotes
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer, and Nobel laureate. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Born: May 24, 1941, United States Don’t criticize what you can’t understand. A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to…
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John Paul Dejoria Quotes
John Paul Jones DeJoria is a Greek-Italian-American billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products and The Patrón Spirits Company. Born: April 13, 1944 , United States The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. Success unshared is failure. The…
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John Wooden Quotes
John Robert Wooden was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the “Wizard of Westwood,” as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including a record seven in a row. Born: October 14, 1910 United States Died: June 4, 2010 United States Talent is God given. Be…
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Jack London Quotes
John Griffith “Jack” London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist.A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. Born: January 12, 1876 Died: November 22, 1916 I know I’ve come a…
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Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. Among his many works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde. He is best known today for The Canterbury Tales. Patience is a…
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Paul Newman Quotes
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, professional race car driver and team owner, environmentalist, activist and philanthropist. Born: January 26, 1925,United States Died: September 26, 2008,United States You only grow when you are alone. A man with no enemies is a man with no character. A man can only be…
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Robin Williams Quotes
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, singer and voice artist. Born: July 21, 1951, United States Died: August 11, 2014, United States Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift. Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they’ve got nothing…
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Elvis Presley Quotes
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American musician and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as “the King of Rock and Roll”, or simply, “the King”. Born: January 8, 1935, Tupelo, Mississippi, United States Died: August 16, 1977, Memphis, Tennessee, United States …
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Patrick Henry Quotes
Patrick Henry was an American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia. Born: May 29, 1736 Died: June 6, 1799 I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. Give me liberty or give me…
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman.His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000…
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Thomas J Watson Quotes
Thomas John Watson Sr. was an American businessman. He served as the chairman and CEO of International Business Machines and oversaw the company’s growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. Born: February 17, 1874, l, New York, United States Died: June 19, 1956, New York, United States If you want to increase your…