"Ever heard of the phrase 'midlife crisis'?"

-- Janet Maslin

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“You know, some of the portfolios we might consider buying are portfolios which would do especially well if we have an economy-wide, or I mean, a global climate change that impacts us very negatively there are some companies that will do well, and so it might make sense to hold some of those in your portfolio.”
“The truth about not having everything you need, not being fully equipped or qualified or allowed is that these limits are the nebula of creative genius. When you have total freedom i.e: no limits at all. You stop trying to make the best of things”
“If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room; you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything. I've written lots of material, but how do you memorise 90 minutes? That's one hell of a long speech. I've always had problems with that.”
“The Christian is like the ripening corn; the riper he grows the more lowly he bends his head.”
“Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.”
“Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.”

Source : John Arbuthnot (1701). “An Essay on the Usefulness of Mathematical Learning,: In a Letter from a Gentleman in the City to His Friend in Oxford..”, p.7
“It's confidence; it has to be something good about getting old. One of the things is that you just don't stress about some stuff that made you so worried.”
“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.”

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