frankly speaking

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Common sense is not so common.”

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I’m a mirror, If you’re cool with me, I’m cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don’t like what you see, then you’ve done something. If I’m standoffish, that’s because you are.”

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Being CEO of the state is not a popularity contest

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When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.

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The closest real-world analogy to raising money, whether you are seeking it from venture capitalists, angel investors or the three Fs (friends, fools and family), is speed dating. That’s right: In five minutes, people decide if they are interested in you, just as in bars and nightclubs. This isn’t right, and it isn’t fair, but it’s the reality

“I have failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed”