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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

Bernard Baruch

There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Information Men Power Reasoning
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
Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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Anybody Consciousness Failure Mistake Nothing
Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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People Praise Quick
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
A man can’t retire his experience.
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Ciphers Experience Retirement
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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Inspirational Jobs Work
“The king may die, or I may die, or the horse may die. Furthermore, in a year, who knows? Maybe the horse will learn to fly.” My philosophy is like that man’s. I take the long-range view.
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Die Furthermore Horse King Learn Philosophy
The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Men War Weaponry
Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.
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Catchy Facts Opinion
When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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Country News Observes Pages
Never follow the crowd.
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Inspirational Self Esteem Self Respect
If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Cutting Loss Yield
Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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Expectations Thinking Work
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
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Hammers Nails Political

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

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