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In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

Lee Iacocca

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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
Autobiographer
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
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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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Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say,God, he said exactly what I was thinking. And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.
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If your product is great, you yourself do not have to be a great seller.
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The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
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