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“As I have heard said, a person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”

“There are simple, seemingly unimportant events in everyone’s life that leave a big impression, a warmth far beyond the event itself. And it usually involves love of the deepest kind.”

“For years a news junky, addicted to daily feedings of the NY Times and PBS, I needed a rest. I had to get away from the sameness of this daily ritual and the importance placed on analyzing world events…events that just kept coming, relentlessly.”

“No matter what happens in the world, however brutal or dystopian a thing, not all is lost if there are people out there risking themselves to document it. Little sparks cause fires too.”

“Charlie Munger says the first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.”

“Controlling your time is the highest dividend money pays.”

“A good definition of an investing genius is the man or woman who can do the average thing when all those around them are going crazy.”

“Death isn’t a final ending, Wallace. It is an ending, sure, but only to prepare you for a new beginning.”

“Shortly after Buffet and Gates had met in 1991, they were asked by Bill Gates Sr. to each write down one word that accounted for their success. Buffet and Gates both wrote down the same word: focus.”

“It was a decision that required Gilbert to violate one of his cardinal rules of business: Never give up leverage.”

“If you got a hunch, bet a bunch.”