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My father would always say learn everything you can and whenever you can, because you never know when it'll come in handy.

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Charles Koch
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: November 1
Businessman
Businessperson
Wichita
Kansas
Charles G. Koch
Charles de Ganahl Koch
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The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.
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You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities.
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I don't have all the answers. I have a lot of questions. And I have some basic principles.
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Why I've never been that fond of politics and only got into it recently kicking and screaming, because I don't think politicians are going to reverse the trajectory of this country. I think it's going to depend on the American people understanding what is fair and what makes their lives better.
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That's the first rule for anybody who controls - do no harm.
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Innovation comes from recombining existing technology and different perspectives in innovative ways.
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The great thing about my parents is they didn't preach anything they didn't practice.
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