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Without passion, you don't have energy; without energy, you have nothing. Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.

Donald John Trump, Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is a business executive and the founder of Trump Organization of the USA, mainly involved in the premium American real estate segment. In addition to his role as a high-ranking business executive, Mr. Trump is also an executive producer in television shows produced by Trump Productions, and is the host of the business reality show, The Apprentice.

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  • In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.
    • Trump : The Art of the Deal (1987) by Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz
  • I don’t do it for the money. I’ve got enough, much more than I’ll ever need. I do it to do it. Deals are my art form.
    • Trump : The Art of the Deal (1987) by Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz
  • A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. I think sometimes a black may think they don't have an advantage or this and that.... I've said on one occasion, even about myself, if I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.
    • The R.A.C.E., NBC , quoted in Porter, David D. (13 September 1989), "What Must Blacks Go Through?", Orlando Sentinel, retrieved on 2011-06-06 
  • Leona Helmsley is a truly evil human being. She treated employees worse than any human being I've ever witnessed and I've dealt with some of the toughest human beings alive.
    • Interview, Playboy Magazine (March 1990)
  • Laziness is a trait in blacks.
  • Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.
    • O'Donnell, John R.; Rutherford, James (1 January 1991), Trumped!: The Inside Story of the Real Donald Trump -His Cunning Rise and Spectacular Fall, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 9780671737351, OCLC 23355814 , cited in "Ignoring Trump's Record of Racism", Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, retrieved on 2011-05-07 
  • Now, if your boss is a sadist, then you have a big problem. In that case, fire your boss and get a new job.
    • Trump: How to Get Rich (2004)
  • Without passion, you don't have energy; without energy, you have nothing. Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
    • As quoted in Social Networking for Authors: Untapped Possibilities for Wealth (2009) by Michael Volkin, p. 60
  • Because if you're not born in the United States, you cannot be president. And, there is a real question. And if this birth certificate exists, you know what I get a kick out of? The Governor of Hawaii says, "I remember when he was born 50 years ago." I doubt it. I think this guy should be investigated. I doubt it. He remembers when Obama was born? Give me a break! He's just trying to do something for his party. The fact is, if you're not born in the United States, you cannot be president. He is having a hard time — he spent millions of dollars trying to get away from this issue, millions of dollars in legal fees trying to get away from this issue. And I'll tell you what, I brought it up just routinely and all of a sudden, a lot of facts are emerging, and I'm starting to wonder myself whether or not he was born in this country.
  • Donald Trump: Meredith, he spent two million dollars in legal fees trying to get away from this issue. And if he weren't lying, why wouldn't he just solve it? And I wish he would, because if he doesn't, it's one of the greatest scams in the history of politics, and in the history period. You are not allowed to be a president if you're not born in this country. He may not be born in this country. And I'll tell you what, three weeks ago I thought he was born in this country. Right now, I have some real doubts. I have people that actually have been studying it and they cannot believe what they're finding.
    Meredith Vieira: You have people now, down there searching, I mean, in Hawaii?
    Donald Trump: Absolutely, and they cannot believe what they're finding. I would like to have him show his birth certificate, and can I be honest with you, I hope he can. Because if he can't, if he can't, if he wasn't born in this country, which is a real possibility, I'm not saying it hap— I'm saying it's a real possibility, much greater than I thought two or three weeks ago, then he has pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics. And beyond politics.
    • Today, NBC, 7 April 2011 
    • regarding Barack Obama
    • Two million dollars is the sum of all the Obama presidential campaign's post-election legal expenses.[1]
  • I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard? I'm thinking about it, I'm certainly looking into it. Let him show his records.
    • Associated Press interview, 2011-04-25
    • Madison, Lucy (25 April 2011), "Trump: How did Obama get into the Ivy League?", CBS News, retrieved on 2011-05-01 
    • about Barack Obama, who graduated from Columbia in 1983 and graduated magna cum laude with a Juris doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1991
  • Today I'm very proud of myself, because I've accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish. I was just informed, while on the helicopter, that our president has finally released a birth certificate. I want to look at it, but I hope it's true, so that we can get on to much more important matters, so the press can stop asking me questions. He should have done it a long time ago. Why he didn't do it when the Clintons asked for it, why he didn't do it when everyone else was asking for it, I don't know. But I am really honored, frankly, to have played such a big role in hopefully, hopefully getting rid of this issue. Now, we have to look at it, we have to see, is it real? Is it proper? What's on it? But I hope it checks out beautifully. I am really proud, I am really honored.
    • press conference, 2011-04-27
    • "Trump Questions Obama Birth Certificate", TMZ, 27 April 2001, retrieved on 2011-05-01 
    • Regarding the release of Barack Obama's full birth record from Hawaii that morning
  • The word is, according to what I've have read, is that he was a terrible student when he went to Occidental. He then gets to Columbia and then gets to Harvard. I heard at Columbia he was not a very good student, and then he then he gets into Harvard. How do you get into Harvard if you are not a good student? Maybe that's right, maybe that's wrong, but I don't know why he doesn't he release his records. Why doesn't he release his Occidental records?
    • press conference, New Hampshire, 2011-04-27
    • "Schieffer: Racism underlying Trump's assertions", CBS News, 27 April 2011, retrieved on 2011-05-01 
    • about Barack Obama, who transferred to Columbia from Occidental College in 1981, graduated from Columbia in 1983, and graduated magna cum laude with a Juris doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1991
  • When people are screwing you, you don't give them state dinners...We have weak, pathetic leadership. We have incompetent leadership.
  • (on Chinese imports) "Listen mother------, we're going to tax you 25 percent,"
    • Trump's speech at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino targeted the U.S. relationship with China, OPEC countries, and Saudi Arabia, on April 29 2011.
    • "Trump calls U.S. leaders "stupid"", Reuters, 29 April 2011, retrieved on 2011-05-01 
  • It's like in golf. A lot of people — I don't want this to sound trivial — but a lot of people are switching to these really long putters, very unattractive. It's weird. You see these great players with these really long putters, because they can't sink three-footers anymore. And, I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist.

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