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“For as long as human beings are forced to live in a system that at every turn impedes the fulfillment of their basic human needs - not only for love but for creative and spiritual expression - they will try to compensate for this in other ways, including the compulsive acquisition of ever more material goods.”
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“With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.”
Source : "My wish: Protect our oceans". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2009.
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“I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency.”
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“The engine driving the Kelly system is the "law of large numbers." In a 1713 treatise on probability, Swiss mathematician Jakob Bernoulli propounded a law that has been misunderstood by gamblers (and investors) ever since.”
Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.102, Macmillan
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“Some things come with their own punishments.”
Source : Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.115, Penguin Books India
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“I love the life of a musician but I live the life of a bodybuilder.”
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“Stolen kisses are always sweetest.”
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“Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man.”