It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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proverbiosThe starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
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I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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