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Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Colonel Flagg

Written by: Paul Kedrosky

Article Overview: Everything I know about business I learned from M*A*S*H's Colonel Flagg:

Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Colonel Flagg

"I've trained myself not to laugh or smile. I watched a hundred hours of the Three Stooges; every time I felt like smiling or laughing, I jabbed myself in the stomach with a cattle prod."

"You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me."

"Nobody can get the truth out of me because even I don't know what it is. I keep myself in a constant state of utter confusion."

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