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Hoover’s popular image suggests that exercising power is a simple task: press a few buttons, whisper in a few ears, twist a few arms, and presto, the world opens up.
“The solution is simple: Use room for error when estimating your future returns. This is more art than science. For my own investments, which I’ll describe more in chapter 20, I assume the future returns I’ll earn in my lifetime will be ⅓ lower than the historic average.”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
“Never kept back once,” he later wrote in his “PRIVATE” notebook. “Had a clean character & high standing in every grade.” Even as a child”
― G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
― G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
“方怡湊嘴到沐劍屏耳邊，低聲說了幾句話，沐劍屏咭的一笑，點點頭，湊嘴到韋小寶耳邊，低聲道：「方師姊說，她跟你是自己人，這才打你管你，叫你別得罪了劉師哥，問你懂不懂她的意思？」韋小寶在她耳邊低聲道：「甚麼自己人？我可不懂。」沐劍屏將話傳了過去。方怡白了他一眼，向沐劍屏道：「我發過的誓，賭過的咒，永遠作數，叫他放心。」沐劍屏又將話傳過。”
― 鹿鼎記(二): 《金庸作品集》修訂版
― 鹿鼎記(二): 《金庸作品集》修訂版
“The son of a prominent Atlanta minister”
― G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
― G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
“Become OK with a lot of things going wrong. You can be wrong half the time and still make a fortune, because a small minority of things account for the majority of outcomes. No matter what you’re doing with your money you should be comfortable with a lot of stuff not working. That’s just how the world is. So you should always measure how you’ve done by looking at your full portfolio, rather than individual investments.”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
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