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If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.
Lee Iacocca
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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
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