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“If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better.”

Book:Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person

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Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person

This book is a candid account of the author's experiences and reflections on the challenges and triumphs encountered in the quest for personal development and identity. more

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Hugh Prather

English biography, 120-180 words more

“Sometimes when I generalize, I am saying, 'Let's pretend I am God,' and of course the other person argues that point endlessly. But I notice that if the other person takes a stand for himself and states his thoughts as his thoughts, I pay more attention to what he is saying and look deeper in myself.”

Ifs Looks Persons Sometimes States Courses Pay Attention Deeper Arguing

Book:Notes to Myself

Source: Notes to Myself

“The most important thing in making money is not letting your losses get out of hand.”

Important Hands Loss Important Things Making Money Your Loss

Author:Martin S. Schwartz

“There is the plain fool who does the wrong thing at all times anywhere, but there is the Wall Street fool who thinks he must trade all the time.”

Thinking Doe Streets Wall Fool Trade All Time Wrong Things

Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore

“For the most part we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs. Our beliefs, like the fashion of our garments, depend on where we were born. We are molded and fashioned by our surroundings.”

Belief Born Opinion Fashion Depends Habit Customs Surroundings Garments Heirs

Book:Superstition and Other Essays

Source: Superstition and Other Essays

“For thousands of years people have been trying to force other people to think their way. Did they succeed? No. Will they succeed? No. Why? Because brute force is not an argument.”

People Thinking Way Trying Years Has Beens Force Succeed Argument Brutes Brute Force

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“I would rather live with the woman I love in a world full of trouble, than to live in heaven with nobody but men.”

Men World Heaven Trouble

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

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