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A Billion

    A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases:
    A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
    A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
    A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
    A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington spends it.
                                    From Dow Theory Letters

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    If you have to borrow money, go to a pessimist.  They won’t expect it back.

 

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