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The real mechanism for corporate governance is the active involvement of the owners.


Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

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E. V. LUCAS There are two words for everything.
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E. V. LUCAS There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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E. V. LUCAS There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
E V LUCAS Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
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E. V. COOKE Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps ...
HAROLD V MELCHERT In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
V. S. PRITCHETT Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise.
E. V. COOKE Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist.
GEORGE V. HIGGINS