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The reality of life is, if you have a bagel shop and everybody is pouring into the doughnut shop across the street, if you want to stay in business, you start selling doughnuts.
“The reality of life is, if you have a bagel shop and everybody is pouring into the doughnut shop across the street, if you want to stay in business, you start selling doughnuts.”
— John C. Bogle · Across
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“The reality of life is, if you have a bagel shop and everybody is pouring into the doughnut shop across the street, if you want to stay in business, you start selling doughnuts.”
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“I do think that impact investing is not that effective. Shares go from investor A to investor B, and the company doesn't even know it. It's inevitably an ineffective way to communicate to the company your feelings.”
“Since I got to Washington I've been working to make sure the federal government is doing what's needed to strengthen Georgia's infrastructure and address supply chains issues impacting consumers and businesses across our state.”
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“The Archivist of the United States essentially works for the American people across partisan lines and not, regardless of which Administration nominates the person, for a particular President or political party.”
“Police violence is the tip of the iceberg when it relates to the conditions overall of black people across the globe.”
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