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Few things in life are certain except death and being taxed.

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
Businessperson
Poet
Publisher
Writer
Kingston
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Life
Taxed
Except
Death
Certain

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Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic.
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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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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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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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You'll never get rich by working for your boss.
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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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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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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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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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I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.
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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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Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it.. it's cheaper in the long run.
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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More start-ups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.
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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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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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People who grow rich almost always improve their sex life. More people want to have sex with them. That's just the way human beings work. Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac. Money did not make me happy. But it definitely improved my sex life.
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