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The best time to buy stocks is when they are out of favor.

I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good.

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.

The best ideas often come from unexpected places.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Theorems are the milestones of mathematics.

科学家不是给出正确答案的人，而是提出正确问题的人。

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.