What motivates people to succeed? Sex. People don’t like to admit it, but it’s the primal driver.
BILL ACKMAN
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Bill Ackman24 quotes“What motivates people to succeed? Sex. People don’t like to admit it, but it’s the primal driver.”
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Bill AckmanBill Ackman We invest generally in very good companies that have lost their way. And with better management, enormous value can be created.
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Bill AckmanBill Ackman Let me win? That doesn’t exist in my house. No one lets anyone win. Fight to the death.
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Bill AckmanBill Ackman If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.
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