"Most people overestimate what they can achieve in one year and underestimate what they can achieve in ten years" - ?

"Science is magic that works" - Kurt Vonnegut

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently." - Warren Buffett

"man muss immer umkehren" ("invert, always invert") - Jacobi

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter S. Thompson

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