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“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”
― Warren Buffett

tags: employees, integrity, morality

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“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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“There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

tags: disparity, marriage, matches, matrimony, mind, purpose, suitability, unhappiness

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“My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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“Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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