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To build a great company, which is a CEOs job, sometimes you have

To build a great company, which is a CEOs job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom. – Carly Fiorina

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My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled. – Carly Fiorina

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Courage
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Carly Fiorina
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The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we dont know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see. – Carly Fiorina

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Money
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Carly Fiorina
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove ones self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Wisdom

Analysts may be correct that the presidential election wont primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins. – David Limbaugh

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Wisdom

But I do think its important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books. – China Mieville

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Wisdom

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. – Edmund Burke

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Wisdom

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For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off. – Johnny Carson

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Death

Behind every small business, theres a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores – these didnt come out of nowhere. – Paul Ryan

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Business

Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud. – J. Petit-Senn

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Self-Control

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. – Andy Murray

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Failure