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The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.

— Gerald Stanley Lee Crowds (1913)

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A man's success in business today turns upon his power of getting people to believe he has something that they want.

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Business today consists in persuading crowds.

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Machinery is the subconscious mind of the world.

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Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.

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America is a tune. It must be sung together.

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