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Don't let MGM distribute a film you care about.
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What lesson has mattered most in your life?Originally asked
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Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
The number one rule I give them is just not give them the golden rule. Do unto others, I'm not a religious guy, but, I mean, nobody said it any better in a couple thousand years than that, which may be why it's lasted to a certain degree too. I mean, more people are reading a 2000-year-old book about how to behave than anything that anybody's coming up with lately. Now it's got a lot of, particularly the Old Testament, it's got different kinds of stories, to some extent, but if the whole world lived by the golden rule, it would be such a more wonderful society.
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To keep trying to listen to yourself.
Keep working, improving your step.
Maya Jama
British television and radio presenter
You’ve got to keep trying because you don’t know what amazing things are round the corner. Also, always be grateful – at one point you wished to be where you are today.
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A new administration here in the US.
Near head-on collision driving from Oklahoma to California back in the 70s.
Couple of days ago, reading a thank-you note my parents had left after we celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Wyoming.
Greed and stupidity.
'You're not free.'
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