"In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000."

-- Michael Lewis

#California Quotes #Mexican Quotes #House Quotes

“I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight.”
“So you see, in the end, it is nearly certain that the power of prediction must triumph over the arrogance of elegance.”

Source : "The Inefficient Stock Market - What Pays Off And Why". Book by Robert Haugen, ch. 15, The Wrong 20-yard Line, p. 148, 1999.
“Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.”
“It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.”
“Theater dates very quickly.”
“With adolescent egotism and a lot of money one can pretty much rule the world.”

Source : Glen Duncan (2007). “I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story”, p.133, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“When I was the director of Central Intelligence in the early '90s, I tried to get the Air Force to partner with us in building drones. And they didn't want to, because they had no pilots.”
“The deepest love is often hidden.”

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