Ross Perot Quotes
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Big is not beautiful. Big is inefficient.
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The debt is like a crazy aunt we keep down in the basement. All the neighbors know she's there, but nobody wants to talk about her.
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So many people spend their lives chasing money and end up as the richest men in the cemetery. I don't want to be like that.
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Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong.
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If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create an agency the size of NASA to build one.
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The most successful people in the world aren't usually the brightest. They are the ones who persevere.
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My role in life is that of the grain of sand to the oyster-it irritates the oyster and out comes a pearl.
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Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.
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Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.
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The one thing I know through experience ... is that people don't know why they come to work until they don't have to come to work.
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It is the individual's ability to deal with the unexpected that characterizes the difference between success and failure.
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The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.
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Keep in mind our Constitution predates the Industrial Revolution. Our founders did not know about electricity, the train, telephones, radio, television, automobiles, airplanes, rockets, nuclear weapons, satellites, or space exploration. There's a lot they didn't know about. It would be interesting to see what kind of document they'd draft today. Just keeping it frozen in time won't hack it.
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If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?
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We have to succeed, so we will.
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Japan is our rival, not our enemy. Japan is a competitor... Bashing a Toyota won't make a better car.
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Anything that is excellent or praiseworthy stands moment by moment on the cutting edge and must be constantly fought for. Well placed priorities always sit on the edge.
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Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.
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If we decide to take this level of business creating ability nationwide, we'll all be plucking chickens for a living.
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There is no accountability in the public school system - except for coaches. You know what happens to a losing coach. You fire him. A losing teacher can go on losing for 30 years and then go to glory.
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It takes five years to design a new car in this country. Heck, we won World War II in four years.
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When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.
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If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.
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In business, people are held accountable. In Washington, nobody is held accountable. In business, people are judged on results. In Washington, people are measured by their ability to get reelected.
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We must return immigration to a logical, orderly process where people fill out their applications and wait for approval. We must make sure illegal immigrants stop storming our borders. We must establiesh the correct criteria, such as our need for certain job skills or education, for granting the right to immigrate into the United States.
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War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.
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Generosity is something we learn, from our parents, schools and community.
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Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
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Never ask anyone to do what you haven't done before and wouldn't do again. That's a pretty fundamental rule in leadership... treat them like you treat yourself. Things you don't like, they don't like.
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Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants.
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