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“I wasn't prepared for this big room with clattering typewriters and teletype printers. You could hardly hear yourself think.”

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I believe in God, family, and McDonald's. And in the office, that order is reversed.

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Creativity is a highfalutin' word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.

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“One man's famine makes another man's feast.”

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It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun,

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“I was about to lose one of my biggest accounts, Walgreens, the people I had created a tremendous amount of business for and to…

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If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth

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“One time a McDonald’s operator came to me with the idea he’d dreamed up to cut costs by producing a doughnut-shaped patty. His notion…

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All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

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There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.

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If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call…

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