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    Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.

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Everything starts with the customer.

Everything starts with the customer.

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He that is rich is wise.

He that is rich is wise.

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If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

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Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and read more

Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.

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It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

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The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon read more

The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge.

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To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution read more

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.

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The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

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A man who has a million dollars is as well off as if her were rich.

A man who has a million dollars is as well off as if her were rich.

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