The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
BILL BONNERPeople do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.
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Several of my critics have said, ‘Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.’ They’re partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? ‘Don’t overcoach.’
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People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.
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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.
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You don’t get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.
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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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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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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.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are ‘checks and balances,’ built into the constitution, for example.
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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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