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He that cannot reason is a fool.
Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
Business Magnate
Economist
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Endriu Karnegi
A. Carnegie
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
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The worlds civilization started from the day on which everyone received reward for labour.
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My hopes were high, and I looked every day for some change to take place. What it was to be I knew not, but that it would come I felt certain if I kept on. One day the chance came.
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I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life.
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I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.
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Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.
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I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.
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There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
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Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.
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Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged... 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket' is all wrong. I tell you 'put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.'
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I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources, and in my experience I have rarely if ever met a man who achieved preeminence in money making.. certainly never one in manufacturing.. who was interested in many concerns.
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Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.
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Instead of the question What must I do for my employer? substitute What can I do
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