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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.
J. P. Morgan
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J. P. Morgan
Age: 75 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 17
Died: 1913
Died: March 31
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Go as far as you can see when you get there you'll be able to see farther.
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No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.
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