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You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift. ↗

— Paul Getty

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I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue. ↗

— Paul Getty

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What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career. ↗

— Paul Getty

#been #business #business career #career #great

I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#ahead #am #analyzing #approve #because

I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#best #difficulty #doubt #europe #four

We're not leaving; we are just making sure we're not hurt too much by the level of the yen. We are stunned by the yen at 78 or 79 to the dollar, which is a historical high. The country's suffering. My duty is first to make sure Nissan gets unscathed through the turbulence to protect the company, without forgetting the fact we're a Japanese company. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#country #dollar #duty #fact #first

You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#clearly #easily #explain #forget #going

I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it. ↗

— Jason Giambi

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You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams. ↗

— Jason Giambi

#get #going #mind #nothing #plate

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth. ↗

— Peter Straub

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