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		The chief problem with the individual investor: He or she typically buys when the market is high and thinks it's going to go up, and sells when the market is low and thinks it's going to go down.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harry Markowitz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We have a structural problem because you can simultaneously understand the medium to long-term risks of climate change and also come to the conclusion that it is in your short-term economic interest to invest in oil and gas. Which is why, you know, anybody who tells you that the market is going to fix this on its own is lying to you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naomi Klein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fundamentals make the market. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				T. Boone Pickens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nate Berkus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What we can afford least is to define the problem of future war as we would like it to be and, by doing so, introduce into our defense vulnerabilities based on self-delusion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. R. McMaster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Early on, in discussions of financial oversight, people would say, 'Well, this is a very complicated problem, therefore it requires a complicated solution.' And at that step, I would say, 'Well, wait a minute. Just because it's a complicated problem doesn't mean the best course of action immediately is one that's complicated.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lars Peter Hansen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yehuda Berg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				R. Buckminster Fuller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mahavishnu John McLaughlin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded by enemies who want to make them disappear. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edgar Bronfman, Sr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zig Ziglar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's really easy to create a $1 billion company - you just have to solve a $10 billion problem. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naveen Jain 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The problem with too beautiful a view is that it's alright for the mulling stage. But for the writing stage, you want to be somewhere without a view, especially if it is very different from what you're writing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vikram Seth