"Very, very few entrepreneurs who accept a 51 percent partner in a new venture will get rich if they are also expected to run it. Control is mandatory."

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Source : Felix Dennis (2011). “The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money”, p.31, Penguin

Felix Dennis

#Running Quotes #Entrepreneur Quotes #Venture Quotes

“They had all this talent, and they had no instruments. So they started rap music. They rhymed on their own. They made their own sounds and their own movements.”
“Anybody who thinks there`s not a vast right-wing conspiracy in this country must also think that Ken Starr should be our next ambassador to Luxembourg.”
“My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do.”
“Be careful in your relations with the government; for they draw no man close to themselves except for their own interests. They appear as friends when it is to their advantage, but they do not stand by a man in his time of stress.”
“It's difficult to feel silly and depressed at the same time, but I manage.”
“I have adopted clothes from all the projects I'm in. It's really been a while since I've bought anything myself”
“When one chants the holy name of Krishna, Krishna dances on the tongue and one wishes one had thousands of ears and thousands of mouths with which to better appreciate the holy names of God.”
“You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.”

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