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“There are old investors, and there are bold investors, but there are no old bold investors.”
― Howard Marks, The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor

“Rockefeller equated silence with strength: Weak men had loose tongues and blabbed to reporters, while prudent businessmen kept their own counsel.”
― Ron Chernow, Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

“Investing is a popularity contest, and the most dangerous thing is to buy something at the peak of its popularity. At that point, all favorable facts and opinions are already factored into its price, and no new buyers are left to emerge.”
― Howard Marks, The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor

“Ron told Pippa that during the six years he had spent on the book, Valerie Chernow had developed a powerful identification with Hamilton’s wife. “She used to say, ‘Eliza is like me: She’s good, she’s true, she’s loyal, she’s not ambitious.’ There was a purity and a goodness about the character, and that was like Valerie,” he says. In 2006, after 27 years of marriage, Valerie passed away. For her gravestone, Ron chose a line from the letter that Hamilton wrote to Eliza on the night before the duel: “Best of wives and best of women.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton: The Revolution