A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
BILL BONNERPeople do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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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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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.
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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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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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And there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.
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Everything you need is already inside.
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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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The US is headed for ruin and revolution. The revolution will almost certainly be put down, violently. But the ruin cannot be stopped.
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I hope the competition will resume, and if it does, you must not think that running or throwing or jumping is frivelous. The games were once your fellow Olympians answer to war – competition, not conquest. Now, they must be your answer.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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You don’t get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.
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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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People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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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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