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Hridesh Raj
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We avoid talking about caste, hoping to somehow find a place in the world of upper-casteness that has been forbidden to us.
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“Success in investing comes not from being right but from being wrong less often than everyone else.”
― The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit
― The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit
“Nearly one million people lived in Soweto. Ninety-nine point nine percent of them were black—and then there was me. I was famous in my neighborhood just because of the color of my skin. I was so unique people would give directions using me as a landmark. “The house on Makhalima Street. At the corner you’ll see a light-skinned boy. Take a right there.” Whenever”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Trevor, remember a man is not determined by how much he earns. You can still be a man of the house and earn less than your woman. Being a man is not what you have, it's who you are. Being more of a man doesn't mean your woman has to be less than you.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Wellington wrote in his memoirs,’ said Old Jack, ‘that the worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of battle.”
― Only Time Will Tell
― Only Time Will Tell
“Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or in bed—no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull. The”
― 1984
― 1984
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