"The first rule of style is to have something to say. The second rule of style is to control yourself when, by chance, you have two things to say; say first one, then the other, not both at the same time."

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Source : George Pólya (1948). “How to solve it: a new aspect of mathematical method”

George Polya

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“The U.S. Treasury has got borrowing costs like nobody else has. They can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more money over time.”

Source : "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". "The Charlie Rose Show", www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.
“Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.”
“I always say nothing you can imagine is totally impossible. It might be unlikely, but that's as far as I'll go.”

Source : Emily Rodda (1989). “The Pigs Are Flying”, Camelot
“Religious leaders could play a significant role in making explicit the connections between current concerns for the environment and age-old teachings about our dependence on the natural world, and the dangers of greed and excess”
“A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.”
“I'm too good for assimilation.”
“The biggest idiot you will meet in life will be the person that thinks they know it all.”
“An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport,”

Source : "Why buses represent democracy in action". TED Talk, www.ted.com. September 2013.

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