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20 quotes by Leonard Lauder

Leonard A. Lauder (born March 19, 1933) is an American Jewish businessman. He is the chairman emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. He was chief executive until 1999. Today Estée Lauder operates several brands in the cosmetics industry including Estée Lauder, Clinique, MAC Cosmetics, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, Smashbox and La Mer. In April 2013, he promised his collection of 81 Cubist paintings, works on paper, and sculptures, consisting of 34...
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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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If I don't learn something every single day, it's a wasted day.

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I love rumors. It gives me something to think about and enjoy.

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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... →

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You are only as successful as the people who work for you want you to be.

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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... →

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To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don't like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you... →

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If tomorrow all of America were to become paternalistic, we would beat the Japanese every day of the week. I think that the concept of accusing... →

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I love that works of art are printed so that anyone can buy them. The variety of what they put on little postcards astounds me.

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I'm not a builder of buildings, I'm a builder of collections.

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One person really can make a difference.

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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... →

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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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