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When I was a kid there really was no Future. Struggling through one twenty-four-hour span was rough enough without brooding about the next one. You could laugh about the Past, because you’d been lucky enough to survive it. But mainly there
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“Be nicer and less flashy. No one is impressed with your possessions as much as you are. You might think you want a fancy car or a nice watch. But what you probably want is respect and admiration. And you’re more likely to gain those things through kindness and humility than horsepower and chrome.”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
“Recalled Chuck Clanton, a junior cornerback: “When I saw him the first time I was like, ‘Jesus Christ, what the fuck is that?’ When he walked, his thighs naturally rubbed together. There was no fat. None. He had Earl Campbell thighs. But he was faster than Earl Campbell. If he had three percent body fat, that’d be a lot. He was all muscle. Like a tank from the future.”
― The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
― The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
“This moment we are experiencing right now is a gift (that's why we call it the present).”
― Stillness Is the Key
― Stillness Is the Key
“Independence, to me, doesn’t mean you’ll stop working. It means you only do the work you like with people you like at the times you want for as long as you want.”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
“Use money to gain control over your time, because not having control of your time is such a powerful and universal drag on happiness. The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want to, pays the highest dividend that exists in finance.”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
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