Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful. - Bill Vaughan - Quotesmemo.com

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I call this the Fundamental Problem of Political Economy. How do we limit the power that idiots have over us?. . . [Milton] Friedmans insight is that a market limits the power that others have over us; conversely, limiting the power that others have over us allows us to have markets. Friedman argued that no matter how wise the officials of government may be, market competition does a better job of protecting us from idiots.

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Bill Vaughan

Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.

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There is no real coming and going, For what is going but coming?

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If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

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Work is the means of living, but it is not living.

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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

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I call this the Fundamental Problem of Political Economy. How do we limit the power that idiots have over us?. . . [Milton] Friedmans insight is that a market limits the power that others have over us; conversely, limiting the power that others have over us allows us to have markets. Friedman argued that no matter how wise the officials of government may be, market competition does a better job of protecting us from idiots.

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If you think or say, 'I always get jetlag when I travel,' your cells receive 'jetlag' as a command, and they must carry out your instructions. Think and feel that you have a weight problem, and your cells receive the order of a weight problem. They must follow your instructions and keep your body in an overweight condition.

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Your power is a function of velocity, that is to say, your power is a function of the rate at which you translate intention into reality. Most of us disempower ourselves by finding a way to slow, impede, or make more complex than necessary the process of translating intention into reality.

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