If you have an idea and I have an idea – then we EACH have JUST ONE idea; but if you share your idea with me and I do the same, we EACH have TWO ideas!
MARY KAY ASH
MARY KAY ASH
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Mary Kay Ash93 quotes“If you have an idea and I have an idea – then we EACH have JUST ONE idea; but if you share your idea with me and I do the same, we EACH have TWO ideas!”
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Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it. And I believe that. Before your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind; see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.
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Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash You can’t stand still. You either go forward or backward.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash Dare to risk public criticism.
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