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Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.

Bernard Baruch

A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they arent still there, hes no longer a political leader.
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Boys Keep Leader Political Time
Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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Being Fortune Quickly Right Sense Wrong
I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort. .
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Effort Experience Son
Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don’t be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job.
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Calm Independent Jobs Keep Polite Success Tidy
We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state.
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Contribute Needs Socialism
Two things are bad for the heart – running up stairs and running down people.
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Heart People Running Thing
What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
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Country Made Record Reliance Sturdy
Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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Agreement Sanction Secure Tranquil Understanding
Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
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Heart Love Mistake Task Undertake
Never follow the crowd.
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Inspirational Self Esteem Self Respect
I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.
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Giving Keep Middle Moving Top
You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.
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Communism Government Important Political Struggle
Never answer a critic, unless he’s right.
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Answers Belief Humility
You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.
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Blame Complaining Overcoming
A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year – on the condition that if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. “Within a year,” the man explained later.
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Assuring Die Explain Horse Kings Later Majesty Man Philosophy
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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Heart Soul Whatever
We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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Bridges Crosses Economy
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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Inspirational Jobs Work
Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
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Always Hope Investing Men Soaring Two
To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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Age Birthday Years
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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Business Future Men
It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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Difficult Knows Sells
Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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Listen Most Mostly People Successful
Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.
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Fields Sticks Trying
The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today’s earnings for the future.
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Age Enemy Essence
Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Information Loss Men Power Reason Something Trying
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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Communication Ideas Important

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