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		As a result of overdiversification, their (active managers) returns get watered down. Diversification covers up ignorance. Active managers haven't done enough research into any of their companies. If managers have 200 positions, do you think they know what's going on at any one of those companies at this moment?
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bill Ackman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Waris Dirie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Isaac Hayes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Utada Hikaru 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Donaldson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gavin Newsom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natascha McElhone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Napoleon Bonaparte 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life is beautiful in all it's colors, even the darker ones, they're here for a reason. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Chris Martin 
			 
			
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		As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brown Campbell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The first comic book I ever bought, I was in third grade. It was 'Avengers,' I think, #240. I grew up in Kansas City. And I walked into a 7-11. I had seen, like, 'The Hulk' TV series. I knew about comic book heroes. I knew about it, but I hadn't actually had a physical comic in my hands until that time. And it was a big deal for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Dastmalchian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a result of overdiversification, their (active managers) returns get watered down. Diversification covers up ignorance. Active managers haven't done enough research into any of their companies. If managers have 200 positions, do you think they know what's going on at any one of those companies at this moment? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bill Ackman