Getting things done in this country, if you want to build something, if you want to start a company, it's getting to be virtually impossible with all of the bureaucracy and all of the approvals. -Donald Trump

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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems ― Epictetus

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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. ― Epictetus

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If you stay in the company of anger, pain, or hurt, happiness will find someone else to visit. Make the choice to view all of your past relationships as a gift. Throw out what hasn’t worked in the past and incorporate new concepts. Focus on being happy. ― Kristen Crockett

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If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a person from a big record company, and they tell you that what you are doing is marvelous, that makes you feel powerful. - Youssou N'Dour

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Absence, the highest form of presence.

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Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change.

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He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at. ― Epictetus

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There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. -Sam Walton

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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. ― Epictetus

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