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Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity. ↗

— Karl Marx

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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. ↗

— Karl Marx

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But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever. ↗

— Richard Marx

#forever #lock #once #some #style

I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about. ↗

— Richard Marx

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The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

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Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA. ↗

— Andrew Mason

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Groupon as a company - it's built into the business model - is about surprise. A new deal that surprises you every day. We've carried that over to our brand, in the writing and the marketing that we do, and in the internal corporate culture. ↗

— Andrew Mason

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I look at being a capitalist businessperson like riding a bike - if I go too slowly, I'll fall over. Or it's kind of like a shark: if I stop swimming, I'll just die. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#bike #businessperson #capitalist #die #fall

Local businesses have never had a great way to get customers in the door. ↗

— Andrew Mason

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One of the things I realized... is how few success stories there are in websites or products or businesses that exist primarily for an altruistic purpose. ↗

— Andrew Mason

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