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“Brahma said: "Well, after hearing ten thousand explanations, a fool is no wiser. But an intelligent man needs only two thousand five hundred.”
― Mahabharata
― Mahabharata
“Some people have big dreams in life which they never fulfill. Others don't have any dreams in life, and they don't fulfill those either.”
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“I have many names; some call me Mr. Ra, others call me Mr. Re. You can call me Mr. Mystery.”
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“had my books been any worse I would not have been invited to Hollywood and if they had been any better I would not have come.”
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“If one puts an infinite number of monkeys in front of (strongly built) typewriters, and lets them clap away, there is a certainty that one of them will come out with an exact version of the 'Iliad'. Upon examination, this may be less interesting a concept than it appears at first: Such probability is ridiculously low. But let us carry the reasoning one step beyond. Now that we have found that hero among monkeys, would any reader invest his life's savings on a bet that the monkey would write the 'Odyssey' next?”
― Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
― Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
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