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Would anybody be offended if we gave a $150 million bonus to Gandhi? How about a $250 million bonus to Mother Teresa? Do we have an issue with that? None at all. None at all. Great leaders would never sacrifice the people to save the numbers. They would sooner sacrifice the numbers to save the people.

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Simon Sinek
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 9
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Simon O. Sinek
Simon Oliver Sinek
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