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You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It's the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give

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A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales numb…

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Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and ince…

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The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.

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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Pla…

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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

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You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.

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But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.

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You're in love, that's what your problem is.

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