Let some people get rich first. - Deng Xiaoping

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The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.

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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. -- Napoleon Bonaparte

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The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

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If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion

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The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

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Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit. ― Helena Rubinstein

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I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.

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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.

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When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

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