"Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc" was an United States/American businessman. He joined McDonald's in 1954 or 1955 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. Kroc was included in Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century, and amassed a fortune during his lifetime. He owned the San Diego Padres baseball team from 1974 until his death in 1984. Similar to another fast-food giant, KFC founder Colonel Sanders/Harland Sanders, Kroc's success came late in life when he was past his 50th birthday.

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As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot.

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If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

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It was not her sex appeal but the obvious relish with which she devoured the hamburger that made my pulse begin to hammer with excitement.

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You're only as good as the people you hire.

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Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.

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Creativity is a highfalutin word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.

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When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot.

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If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

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