“Some people play chess. I play business....
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“Some people play chess. I play business. You keep score with money.”
--Nolan Bushnell, the entrepreneur and video game developer who founded Atari.
“I’m a patron of the arts, but I do it with my own money, not with dividends from a company that has been taken into bankruptcy.”
--Corporate raider Carl C. Icahn, referring to Texaco’s support of Metropolitan Opera broadcasts at a time when the company is suffering from financial troubles.
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