"I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything"

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Clifford Geertz

#Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes #Hedgehogs Quotes

“Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure.”

Source : Margaret Drabble (2014). “The Millstone”, p.5, Canongate Books
“It's hard to pick out one particular wrestler.”
“Sometimes, there are no simple or easy solutions to gray area problems. Or, put differently, the "solution" is working intelligently, with many other people, for months or even years - guided by a basic direction and a few central values that really matter to you and others.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“The reality is not exactly what the song started out to be, but it's not a bad song.”
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
“Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.”
“So one way to create an attractive risk/reward situation is to limit downside risk severely by investing in situations that have a large margin of safety. The upside, while still difficult to quantify, will usually take care of itself. In other words, look down, not up, when making your initial investment decision. If you donâ€™t lose money, most of the remaining alternatives are good ones.”

Source : Joel Greenblatt (2010). “You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market P”, p.42, Simon and Schuster
“I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today.”

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