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• A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Country, Risk

  "Chaos Is Good for You". Interview with Linda Geddes, www.slate.com. December 2, 2012.

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• It's the uncertainty, the challenge and the willingness to put it all on the line that draws a lot of people to climb mountains. That can also apply to a lot of other challenges in life, whether it's running for office, starting a family, going to grad school or taking all of your cash and assets and starting a business.

  Mark Udall

  Running, School, People

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• What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.

  Andrew Young

  War, America, Slavery

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• Social media's greatest assets - anonymity, 'virality,' interconnectedness - are also its main weaknesses.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Media, Weakness, Social

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• The fact was, by the time she got to high school, being weird and proud of it was an asset. Suddenly cool, Blue could've happily had any number of friends. And she had tried. But the problem with being weird was that everyone else was 'normal'".

  Maggie Stiefvater

  School, Blue, Numbers

  Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.86, Scholastic Inc.

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• [When I die], I will decidedly not be regretting missed opportunities for a good time. My regrets will be more along the lines of a sad list of people hurt, people let down, assets wasted and advantages squandered.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Hurt, Regret, Opportunity

  Anthony Bourdain (2011). “Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw”, p.251, A&C Black

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• A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

  Timothy Keller

  Generosity, Acknowledge, Refuse

  Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.60, Penguin

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• And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most valuable asset. My own instincts have repeatedly guided me against the grain of logic and probability. When I have trusted and followed their direction, they have never been wrong. I don't know how or why. But I know that every significant experience-positive or negative-sharpens them and makes them more accurate.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Believe, Negative, Genius

  Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.151, Macmillan

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• Those entrapped by the herd instinct are drowned in the deluges of history. But there are always the few who observe, reason, and take precautions, and thus escape the flood. For these few gold has been the asset of last resort.

  Antony C. Sutton

  Gold, Lasts, Reason

  Antony C. Sutton (1977). “The War on Gold”, Concord Books

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• Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it’s difficult to score.

  Paul Arden

  Goal, Vision, Want

  "It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be". Book by Paul Arden, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2003.

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• Brains are an asset, if you hide them.

  Mae West

  Intellectual, Brain, Intelligence

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• People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Humorous

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• Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.

  Sara Blakely

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Business

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• Once, a friend’s mom said to me when I was very young 'You can't really invest in your looks as the only thing because it's a depreciating asset. I think this is trueit’s like putting money into a stock that’s going down. Put your money, put your effort, invest in your brain and talent which will appreciate and get better as you get older.

  Rashida Jones

  Mom, Thinking, Appreciate

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• Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

  Duke Ellington

  Music, Self, Discipline

  Duke Ellington (1973). “Music is my mistress”, Doubleday Books

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• The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.

  Ben Feldman

  Attitude, Earning, Capacity

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• Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave their marks on one's face and bearing. A few lines on the face and a few gray hairs coupled with the idiosyncrasies an actor adopts throughout life help out round out the actor's personality. So far as I'm concerned, the older a character actor gets, the firmer his position is.

  Strother Martin

  Wine, Character, Player

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets you've learned and you don't make bigger mistakes. Try to go as far as you can without anybody else's help first.

  Daymond John

  Mistake, Trying, Levels

  "Pitching Advice From The Judge Who Puts Entrepreneurs Through Hell On 'Shark Tank'". Interview with Melissa Stanger, www.businessinsider.com. November 9, 2012.

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• Intelligence, adaptability and talent. And by talent I mean the capacity for hard work. Lots of girls come here with little but good looks. Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese.

  Ginger Rogers

  Girl, Mean, Hard Work

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• History has blessed us with all the freedom and advantages of multiculturalism. But it has also blessed us, because of the accident of our origins, with the linguistic unity that brings a critically needed cohesion to a nation as diverse, multiracial and multiethnic as America. Why gratuitously throw away that priceless asset? How mindless to call the desire to retain it 'racist.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Blessed, America, Unity

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• In a world of businessmen and financial intermediaries who aggressively seek profit, innovators will always outpace regulators; the authorities cannot prevent changes in the structure of portfolios from occurring. What they can do is keep the asset-equity ratio of banks within bounds by setting equity-absorption ratios for various types of assets. If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a better position to attenuate the disruptive expansionary tendencies of our economy.

  Hyman Minsky

  World, Ratios, Portfolios

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• The average person can’t really trust anybody. They can’t trust a broker, because the broker is interested in churning commissions. They can’t trust a mutual fund, because the mutual fund is interested in gathering a lot of assets and keeping them. And now it’s even worse because even the most sophisticated people have no idea what’s going on.

  Seth Klarman

  Average, Ideas, People

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• Golf is the only-est sport. You're completely alone with every conceivable opportunity to defeat yourself. Golf brings out your assets and liabilities as a person. The longer you play, the more certain you are that a man's performance is the outward manifestation of who, in his heart, he really thinks he is.

  Hale Irwin

  Sports, Heart, Golf

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• The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.

  Larry Bird

  Educational, Eye, Numbers

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• Air power alone does not guarantee America's security, but I believe it best exploits the nation's greatest asset - our technical skill.

  Hoyt Vandenberg

  Military, Believe, Air

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