“What matters in business is honesty, integrity, hard work, loyalty...” – Frank Lucas, American Gangster ... Movie Quotes Database

What matters in business is honesty, integrity, hard work, loyalty, and never forgetting where you came from. You are what you are and that's one of two things. You're nothing ... or you're something. Understand what 'm saying?

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