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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller
Age: 97 †
Born: 1839
Born: July 8
Died: 1937
Died: May 23
Accountant
Banker
Business Person
Entrepreneur
Richford
New York
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
Sr.
john d. rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
Glorious
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Business
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise - the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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