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Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

“If you do not rest on the good foundation of nature, you will labour with little honor and less profit.”

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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose works and ideas had a profound influence on the world. He was a renowned painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist, musician, and engineer. more

“One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing is to do nothing, absolutely nothing, unless there is something to do... I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up... I wait for a situation that is like the proverbial "shooting fish in a barrel."”

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Author:Jim Rogers

“Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon.”

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“The UID is a corporate scam which funnels billions of dollars into the IT sector”

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“Nilekani's technocratic obsession with gathering data is consistent with that of Bill Gates, as though lack of information is what is causing world hunger.”

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Author:Arundhati Roy

“The most important thing I can teach my kids is that you can't put your value in looks. Presence is based upon magnitude. You can pretend to have an air about you but it is quickly deflated, you cannot deflate presence. Presence walks into a room and surrounds and fills anything that's in that room without trying to demand it, it takes over. It can come from a smile. Like I said, love makes you beautiful. What is beautiful radiates.”

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Author:Terrence Howard

“When people are getting richer and richer but they're not actually producing anything, it can't end well.”

People Wells Ends Get Rich

Author:Louis C. K.

“We don't deserve anything; we must work for everything.”

Deserve

Author:Tom Brands

“DEINOTHERIUM, n. An extinct pachyderm that flourished when the Pterodactyl was in fashion. The latter was a native of Ireland, its name being pronounced Terry Dactyl or Peter O'Dactyl, as the man pronouncing it may chance to have heard it spoken or seen it printed.”

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Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

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