"It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent."

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Source : "Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger". Book by Janet Lowe, 2000.

Charlie Munger

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“Your'e seeing me develop, not only as a filmmaker if you've seen my earlier films, but you're seeing me kind of learn how to be a human, how my philosophy has evolved.”
“One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.”
“Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.”
“The big thing in life is to focus on providing more value to people than they expect. The rest comes then.”
“The mental pattern must always precede the material form.”
“If you're a burglar, it's no good waiting about outside somebody's house, looking good with your swag bag ready. Just get in there, burgle them and come out. I don't advocate that obviously, it's just an analogy.”
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”
“And while everybody was busy laughing, what was I doing? I was laying the foundation to what I have in place now.”

Source : "Why Victoria Beckham Admits She Was Once 'a Bit of a Laughingstock'" by Fawnia Soo Hoo, www.glamour.com. April 25, 2014.

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