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Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.
Orison Swett Marden
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Orison Swett Marden
Age: 75 †
Born: 1848
Born: June 11
Died: 1924
Died: March 10
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New Hampshire
United States
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A man will remain a rag-picker as long as he has only the vision of a rag-picker.
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One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring.
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No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.
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People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
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