The world, then, no longer resembles the one that gave rise to the original insight. Soon, a person’s situation is so at odds with the world as it really is that a crisis develops, and he or she must seek a new metaphor for explanation and guidance.
BILL BONNERThe athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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Everything you need is already inside.
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None of the problems that caused the crises in Europe and America have been resolved. They have been delayed and expanded by more debt and more money printing and will lead to more and worse crises.
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So it’s a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what’s good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.
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If you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.
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A man’s wealth can…also be measured by what he doesn’t have and doesn’t want. When he wants little, he is a rich man.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They’re never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.
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God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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The economic freedom that made the U.S. economy the leader of the world has given way toa rigged, controlled, and regulated economy.
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Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
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You don’t get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.
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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
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The idea that the harder you work, the better you’re going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.
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Norman Rockwell spent his career painting pictures that helped people understand their own feelings…pictures that enriched their own experiences and celebrated their own lives.
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