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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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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I came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year.
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Comedy clubs can be brutal. Those people are for real, and if you aren't funny, they aren't laughing. They don't care who you are.
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We are born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think.
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To say she was attractive would be an understatement. Calling her 'attractive' would be like calling the Taj Mahal a marble grave.
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When you're in the public eye, we all feel like we're constantly observed, so we don't let things out. Anger, sadness, happiness - when does that come out? Maybe when you're in traffic, because you're in the safety of your little metallic bubble.
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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.
