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I was raised on farms by people who didn't have Wal-Mart. They had to make their own sleds, harnesses, clothing, etc.


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GARY WEBB Beaujolais is so underrated.
GARY VAYNERCHUK Nobody walks this earth thinking he's better than I think I am - I think I'm great. At the s...
GARY VAYNERCHUK Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. It's why Nike is Nike, it's why Apple is ...
GARY VAYNERCHUK The reason we love our parents is because they loved us first. Every single company should take this...
GARY VAYNERCHUK Be reactionary. React to what the market wants. And the market wants one-on-one real time engagement...
GARY VAYNERCHUK The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is g...
GARY VAYNERCHUK It's insane to me to ask anybody to be what they're not. Know what you know the best, love t...
GARY VAYNERCHUK I love people, and the hustle.
GARY VAYNERCHUK When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. M...
GARY VAYNERCHUK I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers eve...
GARY VAYNERCHUK Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need t...
GARY VAYNERCHUK The chef that grew up with the grandma who cooks tends to always beat the chef that went to the culi...
GARY VAYNERCHUK My dad passed on asthma to me. It's kind of ironic because he outgrew it at 13.
GARY VALENTINE The key in controlling my asthma is pretty simple: I have a good professional diagnosis, and I follo...
GARY VALENTINE Asthma doesn't affect me, even though I have it. It can seem like it wants to act up a little if...
GARY VALENTINE