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Tratava-se de Pirro [Pyrrhus], governador de um reino no norte da Grécia, que em 280 a.C. navegou até a Itália para dar apoio à cidade de Taranto contra os romanos. Seu chiste autodepreciativo — que suas vitórias contra Roma haviam lhe
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“Autumn is the season of subtractions, the Japanese art of taking more and more away to charge the few things that remain. At least four times as many classical poems are set in autumn and spring, the seasons of transition, than in summer and winter. But what that means, I realize as the years pass, is that nothing can be taken for granted; people are on alert, wide awake, ready to seize each day as a blessing because the next one can't be counted on.”
― Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells
― Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells
“Ben Graham gave us the same lesson: “In the short run the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine.”51”
― The Warren Buffett Way
― The Warren Buffett Way
“William sits opposite her, drinking water from a Murray’s glass with a trace of lipstick on the rim. His fingers hold the glass, his other hand lies on the table, his neck comes out of his shirt collar, which is light green, and on top of that is his head. His eyes are blue and he has two of them. This is the sum total of William in the present tense.”
― Life Before Man
― Life Before Man
“Não há como ser progressista sendo socialmente conservador, porque uma comunidade conformista não gera inovação. E a sociedade não pode ser gerida como uma empresa privada. Você não pode se livrar de um cidadão porque ele está insatisfeito ou rende pouco.”
― Tupinilândia
― Tupinilândia
“Samuel Beckett put it best: “Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.”
― The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
― The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
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