Leonard Lauder

Businessman

1933-03-19

Quotes by Leonard Lauder

• I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.

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• When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.

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• A visionary is someone who can see the future, or thinks he sees the future. In my case, I use it and it comes out right. That doesn't come from daydreams or dreams, but it comes from knowing the market and knowing the world and knowing people really well and knowing where they're going to be tomorrow.

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• If I don't learn something every single day, it's a wasted day.

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• My mother always used to say when picking up a product, 'Would you give this to the Duchess of Windsor?' Well, that's lovely. But the Duchess of Windsor is dead.

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• Every morning, I eat one fat-free yogurt with a sliced peach when peaches are in season, and one thin slice of whole-wheat bread. The same thing. I don't want to get fat. And I want to keep my fitness.

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