When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?’

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"A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists."

- Don Marquis

Awareness

"What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present."

- Don Marquis

Compassion

"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"

- Don Marquis

Hard Work

"“What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present.”"

- Don Marquis

Forgiveness

"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?'"

- Don Marquis

Ambition

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"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Vince Lombardi

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"Sometimes you lie in bed at night and you don’t have a single thing to worry about. That always worries me!"

- Charlie Brown

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- Sophia Petrillo

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"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work."

- Robert Orben

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"If you think your boss is stupid, remember: You wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter."

- John Gotti

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