Kevin O'Leary Quotes
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I don't think spending time in Ottawa is a good use of my time as the leader.
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Don't cry about money, it never cries for you.
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Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it.
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I'm not planning on giving my kids any of my wealth. They know when their education is over, I'm pushing them out of the nest. The bird you see dead under the nest is the one who didn't think about the future.
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Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.
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When you're travelling, your day is jam-packed. I just don't have time to whip out a PC all the time. But I can whip out a BlackBerry and tweet. I keep a constant diary of where I'm at and why I'm there.
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I'm not going to leave Canada, I'm going to fix it.
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The road to riches is never straight and narrow. It can be riddled with financial land mines.
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Do you want to be rich or not? Let's get focused on that, buddy
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I'm not trying to make friends, I'm trying to make money.
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Television is the most interesting hobby I've ever had.
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Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.
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My worst fashion faux pas: probably orange shoes with white pants. I thought I looked spectacular.
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The definition of leadership is that you have to find great people and ask them to do extraordinary things. I've been doing that my whole life.
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If you want a friend, buy a dog.
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Nobody forces you to work at Wal-Mart. Start your own business! Sell something to Wal-Mart!
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What are the most important qualities that make a successful entrepreneur? The ability to communicate. The ability to express your idea with certainty. That's how you become a leader-even if you are unsure, your ability to explain your vision and your direction is the attribute you need the most. ... Articulate your idea in 90 seconds or less.
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People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.
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In his first term, President Barack Obama played a cautious manager navigating the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and cleaning up the messes left by President George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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I like gold because it is a stabilizer; it is an insurance policy.
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A lot of people have said a lot of great things about Steve Jobs. And for good reason: he built the world's second-most valuable company, with billions in profits and products that have improved every aspect of our lives. But Steve didn't get there by being a soft, fluffy, Kumbaya-type leader.
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Don’t let the dark clouds of greed confuse you
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Imagine bringing Canada into a trillion-and-a-half of deficit. That's insane.
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When I turned 50, something clicked in my head and I said, 'I'm not going to live to 100. I'm half-cooked already.' I set the family down and I said, 'Listen everybody, we're now entering the decade of Daddy. We're going to start doing things that I want to do.
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I keep anywhere between 5-10 percent of my net worth in venture ideas.
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So much of life is a negotiation - so even if you're not in business, you have opportunities to practice all around you.
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I'm proud to be on the CBC and to see the management here represents both sides of every story. This is what's unique about the new CBC: you get a Kevin O'Leary on it when five years ago you wouldn't.
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I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth.
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We have to change public perception of ex-convicts. Most Canadians don't realize that when you come out of prison, you're a complete pariah. You can't get a car loan or money from a bank to start a business. So most end up back in prison within 24 months. It's just so wrong. We need to fix this problem.
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Know everything about the companies and people you are going to be negotiating with. Insist on getting the names of everyone participating in the negotiations. Leave no stone unturned; find out as much as you can.
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