“What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most unprofound and sometimes heart-rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials.”
― Once a Runner
― Once a Runner
“It's not just a question of doing what you love for a living. It's about doing what you love with love. Then your life and all be transformed.”
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“Feelings come and go, unless you don't feel them. Then they stay, and hurt, and grow pear-shaped and weird.”
― Holy Cow
― Holy Cow
“Forget about earnings. That's a priesthood of the accounting profession," he would preach, unrelentingly. "What you're really after is appreciating assets. You want to own as much of that asset as you can; then you want to finance it as efficiently as possible." 6 And above all else, make sure that the deals you do avoid as much in taxes as is legally possible.”
― Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business
― Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business
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