I understood that no one lives forever, but there are certain people whose power and presence so thoroughly penetrate your view of things that contemplating their absence feels as strange as imagining having never been born yourself.
~ Walter Kirn
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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
~ Dean Acheson
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People who devote their lives to studying something often come to believe that the object of their fascination is the key to understanding everything.
~ Jonathan Haidt
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In a zero-sum world, one with no or very little growth, democracy can become antagonistic as people seek to vote money away from each other. What follows from that antagonism is distrust and polarization. In a high-growth world the dogfights can be far fewer, because it’s much easier for everyone to win.
~ Sam Altman
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