Charlie Munger Quotes
If you're glued together right and honorable, you will succeed. Get in there and get rid of stupidities and avoid bad people. Try teaching that to your grandchildren. The best way is by example. Fix yourself.
Quotes to Explore
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
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I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?
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Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.
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I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.
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It's not my job to hold your hand. It's my job to take motivated people and show them how to become better.
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You always have to evolve - the minute you start building a moat around you to keep yourself safe, you're going to lose.
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When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. But unfortunately for politicians, the security measures that work are largely invisible.
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If you're glued together right and honorable, you will succeed. Get in there and get rid of stupidities and avoid bad people. Try teaching that to your grandchildren. The best way is by example. Fix yourself.
