The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.

Tom Brokaw
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  1. You are educated. Yourcertification is in yourdegree. You may think ofit as the ticket to the goodlife. Let me ask you to think of analternative. Think of it as yourticket to change the world.

  2. In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up.

  3. You are not expected to know, but you are expected to wish to know.

  4. I've adopted the guideline of Warren Buffett's partner, Charlie Munger, who says "I wanna know where I'll be when I die - so I never go there.

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