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title: "5 Profit Oriented Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-thing-is-people-can-t-complain-about-profit-oriented-moves-if/)

[Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/)

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> [A successful trader is rational, analytical, able to control emotions, practical, and profit oriented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monroe-trout/a-successful-trader-is-rational-analytical-able-to-control-emotions/)

[Monroe Trout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monroe-trout/)

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> [A commercial civilization is money-oriented, profit-oriented. Commercial values always tend to wrench a society free of tradition.Economics from education to public service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ralston-saul/a-commercial-civilization-is-money-oriented-profit-oriented/)

[John Ralston Saul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ralston-saul/)

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> [In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/in-the-west-we-have-a-tendency-to-be-profit-oriented-where-everything/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [“In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/in-the-west-we-have-a-tendency-to-be-profit-oriented-where-everything-2/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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