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Those of us who were privileged to be his friends benefited from his example, not to mention his help and encouragement, with which he was always generous.
“A saying by the brothers Geoff and Vince Graham summarizes the ludicrousness of scale-free political universalism. I am, at the Fed level, libertarian; at the state level, Republican; at the local level, Democrat; and at the family and friends level, a socialist.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“What nature hath joined together, multiple regression analysis cannot put asunder.”
― Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking
― Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking
“In economics, things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.”
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“Everlasting misfortune does have one blessing, that it ends up by toughening those whom it constantly afflicts.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
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