QuoteQuest“I like to hire people that I've seen in action. I often hire people that were on the opposing side of a deal that I respect.”
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I like to hire people that I've seen in action. I often hire people that were on the opposing side of a deal that I respect. Citation: The Washington Post (September 23, 1989), as quoted in The World According to Trump (2005) by Ken Lawrence, p. 25 Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump (CC BY-SA)Read evidence
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