"I think nobody is in a position to react to these big macro-issues. Where is the dollar going to be or what is G.D.P. growth going to be in China? For every smart person on one side of the question, there is another smart person on the other side."

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Source : "Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor : The System Is Rigged Against You, Can You Beat the Odds Or Should You Stay On the Sidelines?" by Dan Solin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2008.

David F. Swensen

#Smart Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Issues Quotes

“I have not personally suffered from the deprivations, the bitterness and sorrow which bring so many men and women to a realisation of social injustice.”
“I've been in love. It's painful, pointless and overrated.”

Source : "Fictional character: Damon Salvatore". TV Series "The Vampire Diaries" ("Lost Girls", 2009), www.imdb.com. 2009-2017.
“Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting.”

Source : Jen Lancaster (2009). “Pretty in Plaid: A Life, A Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase”, p.233, Penguin
“We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life.”
“I mean the game is just, everybody talks about baseball but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.”
“As parents it is well to be aware of the tendency to equate energetic activity with contest. Our children's worth does not dependon their ability to trounce one another. And surely we can find ways of frolicking and being healthy and active together in some joyful, free way that is not an adversary relationship.”
“I love grilling. Grilling is an incredible way to keep healthy. And you can marinate both with a dry rub and also wet marinades. You can marinate juniper berry or a little bit of olive oil and some citrus and fresh herbs - all of that sort of stuff.”
“I love stories about misfits and underdogs.”

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