George Sylvester Viereck: Do you care much for money or for power? Beaverbrook: For neither in itself. I like activity, to wrestle with life and to b… - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

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George Sylvester Viereck: Do you care much for money or for power?
Beaverbrook: For neither in itself. I like activity, to wrestle with life and to beat it, to dare and win. I made my first million before I was thirty.
Viereck: But having achieved so much, what keeps you going? Why do you spend yourself, your vitality, in politics and in business?
Beaverbrook: To escape boredom.

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About Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

Sir William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baronet, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, PC (May 25, 1879 – June 9, 1964) was a Canadian – British business tycoon, politician, and writer.

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Alternative Names: William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook The Lord Beaverbrook William Maxwell, 1st Baron Beaverbrook Aitken William Maxwell Aitken Max Aitken, Baron Beaverbrook
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