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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
-Roosevelt

"There are two types of people in society; the followers and the leaders. No matter how society changes, these people will never change."
-Roosevelt

"Look buddy, I'm tired, I've walked over 2000 miles, and I've talked to hundreds of people. Are you gonna buy my chicken idea or not?"
-Colonel Sanders, on his final successful attempt to create the idea of KFC

"There are people in this world who persist in criticising everything and anything they can. I call them the losers. What about the winners? They deal with the current situation, and do their very best with their available resources."
-Unknown

"Look, if I ate steak every day I wouldnt be so rich. So I'm getting a Big Mac meal."
-Warren Buffet, on amazed stares from workers when trying to buy his lunch.

"Microsoft? Who the hell cares about Microsoft? I'm running my own goddamn computer company, and if Microsoft wants to compete with me, its their own problem."
-A friend of mine, on starting his computer company

"Well look kid. You've got 2 choices. You can keep being a Communist and go to those rallies, or you can become an entrepreneur and make some real changes to the world. Hey, I figure if people keep saying corporations have all the power, why not start your own corporation?"
-My true mentor, and the guy who got me away from Communism. I still have his approximate words in my notebooks.

"You've made 4 businesses, but what the hell! All of them are about money. Video delivery, automated laundry delivery, what the christ is this? You're not going to change the world delivering videos to rich old farts. What, you think Microsoft is going to be scared by a kid delivering videos? How about sticking your head into the clouds, coming up with a crazy dream, and pursueing that dream?"
-The same mentor, only 4 weeks ago. Well I followed his advice and set up a publishing company for a young entrepreneur magazine.