William Poundstone Quotes
The best strategy is one that offers the highest compound return consistent with no risk of going broke.
Quotes to Explore
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I like Dolce & Gabbana's fragrance Light Blue - it's my everyday perfume.
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As militias go, the Ohio Defense Force is on the moderate side.
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Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.
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I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
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I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critical to me to earn my way.
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There have been times when people who weren't my friends all of a sudden became my friend. I won't allow them to use me, but I have been pretty lucky to have friends who have supported me and who I have known since I was 12. They are still the same and they don't treat me any different.
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Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence there.
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Don't let expertise fool you into seeing false boundaries or underestimating those with wild dreams.
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You still slightly down that you're ever going to work again, every time you finish something. That's the territory of being an actor. It's like anything that's competitive. It takes a lot of determination. I just feel lucky to be able to do something that I really love.
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In my opinion, faith helps in many contexts.
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Feeling like you're respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.
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One-newspaper towns are not good because all the surviving newspaper does is print money. They make 25 percent on their money every year, and if they go down to 22 percent, they start laying people off.
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Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.
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Some people haven't got a life, I suppose. They want to be on the road all the time.
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All dread those things they don't understand.
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The office building is a building for work, organization, lucidity and economy. Light, spacious working rooms, clearly arranged, undivided, only organized according to the pattern of the firm.
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For me, football always meant that we came together as a family and, in the summer we played football outside.
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But I owe something to Vincent, and that is, in the consciousness of having been useful to him, the confirmation of my own original ideas about painting. And also, at difficult moments, the remembrance that one finds others unhappier than oneself.
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The best strategy is one that offers the highest compound return consistent with no risk of going broke.
