Charlie Munger Quotes
It's remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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I think it would be nice to see more of an open culture to different music.
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I always remember that I am a representative of my country, and I always think about the culture I'm bringing to people.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
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The life of Christ was a life of humble simplicity, yet how infinitely exalted was his mission. Christ is our example in all things.
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Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing.
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Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the Republican Party launched an all-out assault on women's health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, we had to ask: Why is the GOP trying to send women back... to the back alley?
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More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature.
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It's remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.
