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The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
Lee Iacocca
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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
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Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.
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A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom.
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I'd really love to meet the guy I'm supposed to be. I'd hire him in a second.
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That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?
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If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
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Greenmail, in case you're wondering, is when a company pays a raider a premium for his holdings-if he'll go away. What I think it really is is blackmail in a pin-striped suit.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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