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Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.
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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Businessperson
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
Lido Anthony Iacocca
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
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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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