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Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man.

Felix Dennis

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
Businessperson
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Kingston
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Publishing
Magazines
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Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake.
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Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes. They may facilitate success for an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but an overpriced pair of sneakers. Sports shoes don't win races. Athletes do.
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You have an advantage that neither education nor upbringing can buy - you have almost nothing. And therefore you have almost nothing to lose.
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You shouldn't go around the world behaving ruthlessly when you don't have to. Sometimes you do have to. There is only so much pie to go around. If you're going to take more than your fair share of pie, as socialists would look at it, then someone else is not getting his. That means you've got to take it away from them.
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False praise is worse than no praise.
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I cannot abide being bored.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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You'll never get rich by working for your boss.
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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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I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor.
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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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I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.
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If you are unwilling to fail, sometimes publicly and even catastrophically, you will never be rich.
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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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