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What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it. You don't have to stay with a job for the rest of your life, because if you don't like it you'll never be successful in it.
Lee Iacocca
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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
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Pennsylvania
Lido Anthony Iacocca
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I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
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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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Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.
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There's a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive.
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.
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Life can be difficult for kids born with a gold spoon in their mouth, because they never really get to find out if they're able to work hard and make it on their own.
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The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.
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If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn.
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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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