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There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.

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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.

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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.

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I don't go to the doctor except when I'm very ill, and when I go to India, I drink a drop of local water.

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You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.

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If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side.

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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.

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We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So you end up with dentists who are more traders than dentists. A dentist should drill teeth and use whatever he does in the stock market for entertainment.

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If you take risks and face your fate with dignity, there is nothing you can do that makes you small; if you don't take risks, there is nothing you can do that makes you grand, nothing.

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Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

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Biography

Nationality: Lebanese

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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