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    It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas.

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When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.

When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.

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Make a customer, not a sale.

Make a customer, not a sale.

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The problem with the person who thinks he's a long-term investor and impervious to short-term gyrations is that the emotion read more

The problem with the person who thinks he's a long-term investor and impervious to short-term gyrations is that the emotion of fear and pain will eventually make him sell badly.

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Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides read more

Whoever claims that economic competition represents 'survival of the fittest' in the sense of the law of the jungle, provides the clearest possible evidence of his lack of knowledge of economics.

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The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death...

The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death...

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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

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The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually read more

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.

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Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information read more

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.

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If we devote our time disparaging the products of our business rivals, we hurt business generally, reduce confidence, and increase read more

If we devote our time disparaging the products of our business rivals, we hurt business generally, reduce confidence, and increase discontent.

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