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I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry.

Felix Dennis

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
Businessperson
Poet
Publisher
Writer
Kingston
Redeemed
Convinced
Absolutely
Poetry
Life

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Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man.
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Fear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come take my hand, my friend, and we will peer into this fear's abyss. And jump! And know.
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I love the business of business I love the risk raking.
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It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines, but sunsets can produce vast sums of money.
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Say to yourself: The world is full of money. Some of it has my name on it. All I have to do is collect it.
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Nobody could like Donald Trump, surely, except his mother. No one really likes The Donald. But how can you not have respect for a guy who's been down on the floor and just keeps coming back? Nothing will keep Donald Trump down until they drive a wooden stake in his heart and a silver bullet in his brain.
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People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.
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Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry.
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I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.
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Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day.
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Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.
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I thoroughly object to getting old. If you could let me be 16 again, I'd give you everything I've got and everything I'll ever have.
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Human beings are definitely changing the planet, but how much impact they are having on climate, I don't know and I don't care.
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I cannot abide being bored.
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Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake.
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Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good salary, of course, but surprisingly often they are more attracted to new opportunities and challenges.
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When I was young I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.
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I loathe and detest movies and television and don't watch any. I do not have the time.
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