"Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought in 1958 for $31,500. He seemed to answer to a deeply rooted, distinctly American mythology, in which decency and common sense triumphed over cosmopolitan guile, and in which an idealized past held firm against a rootless and too hurriedly changing present."

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Source : Roger Lowenstein, (2010). “Buffett”, p.372, Gerald Duckworth & Co

Roger Lowenstein

#Home Quotes #Past Quotes #Common Sense Quotes

“Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.”
“I love great locations in movies, and I couldn't believe I'd never seen a landfill on screen before. It was the most haunting place.”
“In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave.”
“The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Jane Goodall from Aug 26, 2016
“The camera is interested in what you are thinking as opposed to just what you are doing or saying.”
“Our beliefs create the kind of world we believe in. We project our feelings, thoughts and attitudes onto the world. I can create a different world by changing my belief about the world. Our inner state creates the outer and not vice versa.”

Source : John Bradshaw (1996). “Bradshaw On: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem”, p.246, Health Communications, Inc.
“Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.”
“If there be a human being who is freer than I, then I shall necessarily become his slave. If I am freer than any other, then he will become my slave. Therefore equality is an absolutely necessary condition of freedom.”

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