"In the end, it’s all a question of balance."

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Source : Rohinton Mistry (2010). “A Fine Balance”, p.328, Vintage

Rohinton Mistry

#Balance Quotes #Ends Quotes

“To model correctly one tranche of one CDO took about three hours on one of the fastest computers in the United States. There is no chance that pretty much anybody understood what they were doing with these securities. Creating things that you don't understand is really not a good idea no matter who owns it.”

Source : "John Thain Admits He Didn't Understand Merrill's Risks" by John Carney, www.businessinsider.com. October 07, 2009,.
“Conceal thy domestic ills.”
“The cavalry, in particular, were not friendly to the aeroplane, which it was believed, would frighten the horses.”

Source : Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Henry Albert Jones (1922). “The War in the Air: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force ...”, The Clarendon Press
“I don't want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn't Rick Springfield.”
“You can’t coach desire, and no matter how fancy your training plan or how high your stated goals are, it comes down to getting out the door and doing the work day after day.”
“â€¦Forgive us, O Lord, we acknowledge ourselves as type of the common man, Of the men and women who shut the door and sit by the fire; Who fear the blessing of God, the loneliness of the night of God, the surrender required, the deprivation inflicted; Who fear the injustice of men less than the justice of God; Who fear the hand at the window, the fire in the thatch, the fist in the tavern, the push into the canal, Less than we fear the love of God.”
“The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.”
“You cannot attain #‎ mastery by patterning yourself after another or by following custom or tradition. Sheep do that. Masters and leaders never do”

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