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We invest generally in very good companies that have lost their way. And with better management, enormous value can be created.

Bill Ackman

I’ve seen very few people in the world accomplish anything unless they were optimists.
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Accomplishment Myself Optimism People
I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.
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Myself People Preparation Right Thinking
Investing is one of the few things you can learn on your own.
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Investment Learning Yourself
In the investing business you need a – a high degree of confidence but you also need a high degree of humbleness and you have to balance those two… Humbleness comes from mistakes.
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Balance Business Confidence Humble Investment Mistake Yourself
Ultimately, investors are – are only as good as their track records.
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Goodness Investment Record Track
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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Company Creation Goodness Investment Management Value
I’m not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making – just the facts.
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Decision Emotional Fact Investment Myself Purity
I think good private equity investors create a lot more economic value than they destroy.
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Creation Destroy Economics Equity Goodness Myself Private Value
Let me win? That doesn’t exist in my house. No one lets anyone win. Fight to the death.
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Death Existence Fight Home Myself Win
Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.
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Business Evidence Investment Right Time Yourself
What motivates people to succeed? Sex. People don’t like to admit it, but it’s the primal driver.
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Drive Motivational Myself People Success
The untold secret of McDonald’s is that when you sell a restaurant to a franchisee, sales typically go up a lot because the franchisees do a much better job managing the store.
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Better Management Sales Secret Sold Store
I have more money than I need. I don’t need to work for a living. I do this because I love what I do.
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Live Love Money Myself Need Work
I love what I do. I don’t do it for the money. I work on behalf of investors that I like and want to do well for. I’m a competitive person.
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Competition Investment Love Money Myself Nature Person Work
You should surround yourself with people that believe in you, in life, and in business.
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Business Inspirational Life People Surround Yourself
Experience is making mistakes and learning from them.
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Experience Learning Mistake

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