"Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to own them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again."

-- Barry Ritholtz

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“When a man is one of a kind, he will be lonely wherever he is.”
“And I could see this boy doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. And I could see them holding hands at football games that they do not watch. And I could see this boy throwing up in the bushes at a party house. And I could see my sister putting up with it. And I felt very bad for both of them.”
“I hope to inspire everyone - especially young people, women, and young girls all over the world, and in Middle Eastern countries that do not provide women with the same opportunities as men - to not give up their dreams and to pursue them.”

Source : "Interview with Anousheh Ansari, the First Female Space Tourist". Interview with Sara Goudarzi, www.space.com. September 15, 2006.
“You could say I'm a bit of a nomad.”

Source : "10 Questions: Poppy Delevingne" by Yale Breslin, www.elle.com. October 9, 2012.
“It is a poor head that cannot find plausible reason for doing what the heart wants to do.”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2011). “The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made it”, p.231, Vintage
“I donâ€™t want to know anything, and I want to know it all”
“One can live at a low flame. Most people do. For some, life is an exercise in moderation (best china saved for special occasions), but given something like death, what does it matter if one looks foolish now and then, or tries too hard, or cares too deeply?”
“I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."”

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