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Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success.

Michael Eisner

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Michael Eisner
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 7
Businessman
Businessperson
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur
New York City
New York
Michael Dammann Eisner
Often
Recovering
Inspirational
Failure
Leadership
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We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.
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Graduate school is a place to hide for a couple of years.
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