Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.

Kevin O'Leary

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I have met many entrepreneurs who have the passion and even the work ethic to succeed - but who are so obsessed with an idea that they don't see its obvious flaws. Think about that. If you can't even acknowledge your failures, how can you cut the rope and move on?

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If you put Canada into $1.5 trillion in debt and interest rates go up just 200 basis points, you cannot provide the services to 36 million people that were guaranteed to them in the social contract they have with Canada. That's a very, very scary prospect. You can't burden this economy with that much debt. The risk you take on is insurmountable. You have to assume for the next 50 years that rates don't go up? That's insane. That's irresponsible. That's stupid.

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So much of life is a negotiation - so even if you're not in business, you have opportunities to practice all around you.

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Being an employee is a bad outcome. You want to avoid that. Being an employee is never a good outcome. That's just an opinion.

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A lot of people have said a lot of great things about Steve Jobs. And for good reason: he built the world's second-most valuable company, with billions in profits and products that have improved every aspect of our lives. But Steve didn't get there by being a soft, fluffy, Kumbaya-type leader.

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Do you want to be rich or not? Let's get focused on that, buddy by Kevin O'Leary

Do you want to be rich or not? Let's get focused on that, buddy

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I think a book is your calling card, your business card. by Kevin O'Leary

I think a book is your calling card, your business card.

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Trump has been very, very open and clear on what he's going to do. He's going to make the U.S. very competitive on taxes, corporate and personal. He's eliminating policy on carbon and the regulatory environment on shale and energy and pipeline development. These are all things that Canada has to do and we no longer have a competitive environment to do them in. It manifests itself in the slow grind of our economy.

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I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.

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The biggest mistake entrepreneurs can make is trying to do everything themselves. They usually blow up when they try. I did an inventory of every deal I've ever done and it turned out that every single deal I made money on was a partnership, and every colossal failure, where I lost millions, was something I tried to do by myself.

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People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.

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I like gold because it is a stabilizer; it is an insurance policy... by Kevin O'Leary

I like gold because it is a stabilizer; it is an insurance policy.

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Imagine how foolish you'd look if, like one clever salesman who once pitched to me, you tried to license your product to a big industry player without knowing they just launched a competing product. With the right background research, he could have avoided that and other landmines - and so can you.

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Don't cry about money, it never cries for you. by Kevin O'Leary

Don't cry about money, it never cries for you.

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Filming 'The Road to Riches' was surprisingly difficult for me. I learned that going back to career successes and failures can be emotionally exhausting as you are forced to revisit the euphoric highs and painful lows in high speed.

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Don’t let the dark clouds of greed confuse you by Kevin O'Leary

Don’t let the dark clouds of greed confuse you

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Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them.

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When I start something I bring my A-game - I assume I'm going to... by Kevin O'Leary

When I start something I bring my A-game - I assume I'm going to win.

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You can't regulate a soul into a business. by Kevin O'Leary

You can't regulate a soul into a business.

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I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth.

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