"The use of mathematics has brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately, it has also brought mortis."

-- Robert Heilbroner

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“A man's got to keep company a long time, and come early and stay late and sit close, before he can get a girl or a job worth having.”
“The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually became wealthy clearly reveals that their 'luck' arose from accidental dedication they had to an arena they enjoyed.”
“I don't dig ditches for a living, so I don't really hate going to work. I chose this for a reason. I would much prefer to be over-worked than under-worked.”
“When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.”
“I don't think I'm fixed. People think that you're like a car in a body shop. You go in, they fix you, and you're out. And you work like you're brand new, it doesn't work like that.It takes constant fixing.”
“The Alliance for Progress is an alliance between one millionaire and many beggars.”
“If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.”
“In the present moment, you are beyond all definition. This means that you are no longer defined by the pain and limitations of the past. You are no longer defined by your judgments, opinions or beliefs nor are you defined by the judgment, opinions or beliefs of others.”

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