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People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.

Charlie Munger

It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.
CHARLIE MUNGER

Advantage Consistent Intelligence People Remark Stupidity Try
Any year that you don’t destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year.
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Best Destroy Ideas Love Wasted Time Yourself
The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.
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Game Last Learning Life Win Yourself
I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.
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Attention Intelligence Life Myself Success Time
Bull markets go to people’s heads. If you’re a duck on a pond, and it’s rising due to a downpour, you start going up in the world. But you think it’s you, not the pond.
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Head Marketing People Rise Start Thinking World Yourself
You don’t have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich – just a bit better than average over a long period of time.
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Average Better Perfection Rich Wisdom Yourself
You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.
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Argument Best Challenge Force Ideas Love
We have found in a long life that one competitor is frequently enough to ruin a business.
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Business Competition Enough Life Myself Ruin
Hard work, honesty, if you keep at it, will get you almost anything.
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Hard Work Honesty Yourself
It’s been my experience in life if you just keep thinking and reading, you don’t have to work.
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Experience Life Reading Thinking Yourself
I’m right, and you’re smart, and sooner or later you’ll see I’m right.
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Myself Right Smart Yourself
Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
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Focus Life Object Yourself
Common stock investors can make money by predicting the outcomes of practice evolution. You can’t derive this by fundamental analysis – you must think biologically.
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Biology Evolution Investment Money Practice Prediction Thinking
Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it’s you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.
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Life Mental Person Ruin Thinking Yourself
The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.
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Hope Life Simplicity Time Win Work Yourself
I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses’ asses. I know I’ll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.
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Learning Mistake People Stupidity Trick Wonderful

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