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B. C. Forbes Quotes:

Ocupation: Journalist

Life: May 14, 1880 - May 6, 1954

Birthday: May 14

Death: May 6

Had I not gone through the ordeal, in more than one country, of landing a job, I would he tempted to lose patience over the number of letters pouring in from fellows who want me or someone else to hand them a job on a silver platter with a guarantee that they will receive the wonderful promotion their talents warrant.... But a tragic number of young men and even older men have a notion that it is not up to them to prosecute the bettering process. They look to someone else to perform the trick for them.

- B. C. Forbes

topic: Country, Jobs, Men, Older Man, Ordeals, Young Man, Silver Platter

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