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"Even bright people are going to have limited, really valuable insights in a very competitive world when they're fighting against other very bright, hardworking people. And it makes sense to load up on the very few good insights you have instead of pretending to know everything about everything at all times."
"Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come."
"The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence."
"It’s a waste of time to be bummed on something, considering the amount of time that we have in this world."
"When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by a world, but by a million possible worlds."
"Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it."
"How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?"
"The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough."
"A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world."
"If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world."
"The most powerful force in the world is compound interest."
"Imagination encircles the world."
"The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world."
"Relating a person to the whole world: that is the meaning of cinema."
"As to those in the World Trade Center...Let's get a grip here, shall we? True enough, they were civilians of a sort. But innocent? Gimme a break. ...If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary of the twin towers, I'd really be interested in hearing about it."
"Many stock options in the corporate world have worked in exactly that fashion: they have gained in value simply because management retained earnings, not because it did well with the capital in its hands."
"I'm looking for the face I had, before the world was made."
"Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear."
"Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music too."
"The sobbing of the weak today is the sobbing of the victims of neoliberal policies. They consist of billions of people all over the world."
