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Malcolm Forbes
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: August 19
Died: 1990
Died: February 24
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Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
Malcolm S. Forbes
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All work and no play makes jack. With enough jack, Jack needn't be a dull boy.
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How to get taken: Spend most of your time making sure you're not.
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If you never budge, don't expect a push.
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On New York's Palm restaurant: Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as most of the customers.
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One often reads about the art of conversation-how it's dying or what's needed to make it flourish, or how rare good ones are. But wouldn't you agree that the infinitely more valuable rara avis [rare bird] is a good listener.
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The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
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Socialism will be here the day we share our profits to the degree we share our failures.
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