"Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life."

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Source : "Jimmy Dean: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2010.

Jimmy Dean

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“Those who advocate devaluation are calling for a reduction in the wage levels and the real wage standards of every member of the working class.”

Source : "Chancellor stands by three per cent growth and no devaluation". The Times, (p. 13), July 25, 1967.
“Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine.”
“Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities.”
“The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough to believe him was the true founder of civil society. What crimes, wars, murders, what miseries and horrors would the human race have been spared, had some one pulled up the stakes or filled in the ditch and cried out to his fellow men: "Do not listen to this imposter. You are lost if you forget that the fruits of the earth belong to all and the earth to no one!”
“Laughter is the great antidote for self-pity, maybe a specific for the malady, yet probably it does tend to dry one's feelings out a little, as if by exposing them to a vigorous wind ...”
“The Greek word for philosopher (philosophos) connotes a distinction from sophos. It signifies the lover of wisdom (knowledge) as distinguished from him who considers himself wise in the possession of knowledge. This meaning of the word still endures: the essence of philosophy is not the possession of the truth but the search for truth....Philosophy means to be on the way. Its questions are more essential than its answers, and every answer becomes a new question.”

Source : "Way to Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy". Book by Karl Jaspers, 1951.
“It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.”
“By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for all of us to live in.”

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