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This is based upon the audio download from [http://www.Audible.com]This was more than just the event. Lots of details of life and characters living in the region before, during, and after the largest explosion on earth...the sound waves reverberated ...more "
“Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.”
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“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.”
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“Saints are sinners who kept on going.”
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“In fact, when Warren Buffett was once asked about the key to success, he pointed to a stack of nearby books and said, “Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.”
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“It doesn't make sense to hire good people and tell them what to do; we hire good people so they can tell us what to do.”
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