A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
Bernard Baruch
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- Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
- To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
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- Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.
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