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“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
― The Life & Letters of Charles Darwin
― The Life & Letters of Charles Darwin
“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.”
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“Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side.”
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“We both (Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett) insist on a lot of time being available almost every day to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. We read and think.”
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Economic History
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For people who want to learn abut the people, places and events that had major roles in creating the modern economic world.
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