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I always tell people there's only one trick to writing: You have to write something that people are willing to pay money to read. It doesn't have to be very good, necessarily, but somebody, somewhere, has got to be willing to pay money for it. ”
Where I grew up, in Des Moines, Iowa, there is hardly any downtown economic activity now. Everybody shops in malls - you don't find a sense of community in malls. ”
In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they shouldn't get. ”
Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball. ”
I was asked to do an ad campaign for a supermarket once. I was baffled. It's strange when you realise your popularity or reputation is a marketable commodity; it's a stock, a currency. ”
I said to my wife that if I had enough money I'd have my arms lengthened. Slightly longer arms would be great. ”
I'm not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making - just the facts. ”
I love what I do. I don't do it for the money. I work on behalf of investors that I like and want to do well for. I'm a competitive person. ”
I don't chase money, money chase me! ”
America's biggest problem is too much freedom. ”