It’s not okay to study history, because what good does that really do anyone, but it is okay to work for a hedge fund. It’s selfish to pursue your passion, unless it’s also going to make you a lot of money, in which case it isn’t selfish at all.
~ William Deresiewicz
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There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
~ Will Rogers
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Language forms a kind of wealth, which all can make use of at once without causing any diminution of the store, and which thus admits a complete community of enjoyment; for all, freely participating in the general treasure, unconsciously aid in its preservation.
~ Auguste Comte
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Most people would succeed in small things, if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it.
― Henry S. Haskins
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