William J. Bernstein Quotes
It's bad enough that you have to take market risk. Only a fool takes on the additional risk of doing yet more damage by failing to diversify properly with his or her nest egg. Avoid the problem-buy a well-run index fund and own the whole market.
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In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
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I'll take a look and get a second wind because so many little children are running around at my side.
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In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
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They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.
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When I was a lad in my 20s, as carefree and debonair as any other underpaid newspaperman, I happened to be a golfer who could flirt with par fairly often, and I was adventurous enough in those days to play any known or unknown thief who showed up at Goat Hills for whatever amount he fancied.
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If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.
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I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, you can almost be whatever type of runner you want to be. If you're a good size and a good athlete, you can be whatever type of runner you want.
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I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers.
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Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.
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Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.
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You can never have enough talent.
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I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer.
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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.
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When you're headlining, people are paying to come see you specifically. It's a different kind of pressure, because you've got to deliver. You've got to give these people what they paid for. It's a different mind state, a different type of mentality, but it's honestly a pretty good problem to have, you know?
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I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem.
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I'm a massive yoga head. Lots of yoga and lots of running. I do Bikram yoga. I adore it.
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I love running dresses! I need to make working out as enjoyable as possible, and a cute outfit is definitely part of that.
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but you cannot do your own thing if you have responsibilities to team members.
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Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us.
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When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact.
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As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head.
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It's bad enough that you have to take market risk. Only a fool takes on the additional risk of doing yet more damage by failing to diversify properly with his or her nest egg. Avoid the problem-buy a well-run index fund and own the whole market.
