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“It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.”
Source: Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace
“Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.”
“What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library?”
Source: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
“I can’t imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.”
“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”
Source: The Affluent Society (1958), Chapter 9, Section II, p. 103
Source: Clockwork Princess
“Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.”
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
Doin' It Again, Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics (1990)
Context: I know that. Some people don't want you to mention certain things. Some people don't want you to say this, some people don't want you to say that. Some people think if you mention some things they might happen. Some people are really fucking stupid. Did you ever notice that, how many stupid people you run into during the day? Goddamn there's a lot of stupid bastards walking around. Carry a pad and pencil with you, you'll wind up with thirty or forty names by the end of the day. Think about this; think about how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of 'em are stupider than that.
“A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.”
“Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.”
As quoted in When Genius Failed (2000) by Roger Lowenstein, p. 123; actually "Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent." from A. Gary Shilling, Forbes (1993) v. 151, iss. 4, p. 236; and again A. Gary Shilling in Semi information services seminar transcript, January 23 - 26, 1983: Newport Beach Marriott Hotel, Newport Beach, California p. 384 "... and the markets usually do anticipate recoveries. They've anticipated twelve of the last eight, I think. Of course, you need to keep in mind that the stock market can remain irrational a lot longer than you can remain solvent."
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“One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns…”
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
Source: The Valley of Fear