Only simple ideas can be held by large groups of people. Commonly held ideas are almost always dumbed down until they are practically lies… and often dangerous ones.
BILL BONNERA man on his owns knows that he is best advised to leave his dumbbell neighbors alone. But let him join a political party, and he fantasizes that he has the right and the power to tell everyone on the block what to do.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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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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If someone says, ‘Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?’ ignore him! What the hell difference does it make?…. The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles.
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Once vast numbers of people have come to believe the lie, they adjust their own behavior to bring themselves into sync with it, and thereby change the world itself.
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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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God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
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Don’t give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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That is the problem with age and wisdom—it merely shows you how helpless you are. The wiser you become, the more you learn to keep your mouth shut, until eventually the grave silences you forever.
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You don’t get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.
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Harness the Power of Accelerated Failure – the faster you fail, the faster you succeed.
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If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you’re a winner.
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You can forget about recovery. There is no recovery – and there’s not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.
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Now it is done by the central bankers and Treasury Secretaries themselves. They don’t apologize for it. They don’t hang their heads and contemplate blowing their brains out. Instead, they’re proud of it… announcing that they ‘saved civilization,’ or some such claptrap.
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