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Luck is a dividend of sweat.
Ray Kroc
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Ray Kroc
Age: 81 †
Born: 1902
Born: October 5
Died: 1984
Died: January 14
Businessman
Businessperson
Restaurateur
Sales Representative
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Oak Park
Illinois
Raymond Albert Kroc
Raymond Albert Ray Kroc
Ray A. Kroc
Raymond A. Kroc
Luck
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All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.
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We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else.
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The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action!
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Speaking of competition in the fast-food industry. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me.
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Perfection is very difficult to achieve, and perfection was what I wanted in McDonald's. Everything else was secondary for me.
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There is absolutely nothing special about walking on a rope stretched along the ground. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in a deed accomplished, and therefore no happiness.
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I like to get people fired up, fill them with zeal for McDonald's, and watch the results in their work.
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I guess to be an entrepreneur you have to have a large ego, enormous pride and an ability to inspire others to follow your lead.
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Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out.
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I don't believe in saturation. We're thinking and talking worldwide.
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If you have time to lean, you have time to clean.
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I saw opportunity appear in an ugly six-spindle shake machine ... and grabbed it.
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If you believe in it, and you believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail.
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If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest.
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The first dollar is the most you will get if you don't love what you are doing.
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