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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?
Lee Iacocca
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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
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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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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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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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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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They've got about as many lawyers as we have sumo-wrestlers.
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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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The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.
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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.
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Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.
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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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The great issues facing us today are not Republican issues or Democratic issues. The political parties can debate the means, but both parties must embrace the end objective, which is to make America great again.
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I was fortunate to get a scholarship when I went to Lehigh University and Princeton. They were both wonderful schools. Somebody was kind enough to spend their money to educate people that they would never get to know. That's what I think philanthropy is about.
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