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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
Lee Iacocca
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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
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I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers.
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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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Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?
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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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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
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The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.
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A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.
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The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
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You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.
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If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.
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In business, I loved cars. I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning. Only in America can you decide to get a good education and pursue what you like.
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
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Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.
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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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In the old days, if a neighbors apples fell into your yard, you worked it out over the back fence or picked them up and made pies. Today, you sue.
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Mistakes are a part of life you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice.
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In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.
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To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.
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I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.
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