My guiding principle and motivation was that I wanted to retire by the TIME I TURNED 35. There actually are two books that I bought and still have - PAUL Terhost's 'Cashing In On the AMERICAN Dream: How to Retire at 35' and Andrew Tobias's 'The Only INVESTMENT Guide You'll Ever Need' - that were my personal financial road map.
Read MoreMy personal view is that such total planning by the state is an ABSOLUTE good and not simply a relative good... I do not myself THINK of the ATTITUDE I take as deriving from Marx - though this UNDOUBTEDLY will be suggested - but from Fichte and Hegel.
Read MoreYou can't SIT down and WRITE 300 compositions in a three-month PERIOD and think that you're doing it all by yourself. Obviously, there's something going on here. And whether you WANT to call it channeling or being connected to a creative force or knowing your history and knowing where you belong, that's, you know, maybe a PERSONAL thing.
Read MoreIf any MAN's money can be taken by a so-called GOVERNMENT, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, HIRE soldiers to stand over him, COMPEL him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists.
Read MoreIf the PITCH starts with a sob story, I'm out. If the pitch talks about personal ISSUES, I'm out. If the pitch starts off with how big the MARKET opportunity is, I'm out. If the pitch tells me what is unique about the product, how it can MAKE a profit, and it's an area where I have expertise, I will read on.
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