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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.
“To put it another way”
― Phonetics For Dummies
― Phonetics For Dummies
“Charlie Munger put it well: “The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.”
― 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
“行痴道：「跟你主子說，他母親再有不是，總是母親，不可失了禮數，也不可有怨恨之心。」韋小寶回過身來答應了，心說：「這句話我才不給你傳到呢。」行痴沉吟道：「要你主子一切小心。」韋小寶道：「是。」”
― 鹿鼎記(二): 《金庸作品集》修訂版
― 鹿鼎記(二): 《金庸作品集》修訂版
“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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