A Quote by Michael Eisner
The odds of being successful are the same for every group that is educated in America. It's just that the group that is not wealthy is 95 percent of the population. So if there are 100 successful people in a room, probably 95 out of 100 came from more modest means.
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I'll make the right decision, whichever one it is. I have to be 100 percent, not 95 or 99.
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