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I have one talent, and that's figuring out what people want about two minutes before they know it themselves.

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
Businessperson
Poet
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Writer
Kingston
Talent
Two
People
Figuring
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If you are unwilling to fail, sometimes publicly and even catastrophically, you will never be rich.
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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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I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry.
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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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Talent is indispensable, although it is 'always' replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent: Identify It, Hire It, Nurture It, Reward It, Protect It. And when the time comes, Fire It.
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You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.
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