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I was loaded with sheer ability, spelled i-n-h-e-r-i-t-a-n-c-e.

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Malcolm Forbes
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: August 19
Died: 1990
Died: February 24
Art Collector
Businessperson
Journalist
Politician
Publisher
Socialite
Englewood
New Jersey
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
Malcolm S. Forbes
Steve Forbes
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. . . the most difficult thing asked by our young is not our earnings but our ears.
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Working at what you enjoy is far more important than what you're working at.
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Accepting blame when it's not really due sometimes makes the point better.
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A bore is someone who persists in holding his own views after we have enlightened him with ours.
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It's much more profitable to sell investing advice than to follow it.
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Venture nothing, and life is less than it should be.
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Give naught, get same. Give much, get same.
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Hopeless cases: Executives who assert themselves by saying No when they should say Yes.
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A Tax Loophole: A deduction that the other guy gets.
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Economists' unanimity that bad business is ahead is the most reassuring news possible. It's very unlikely that this will be the one time they're right.
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Daydreams are doable. The turn-on is not in scale, spectacle, or cost. It's in the doing. Anything you haven't done is an adventure. Wanting to is the principal requirement. If you can do and want to, don't not. In short, while alive, live.
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A lot of money doesn't make anyone more often right. It just makes him harder to correct.
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