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Comment author: ata 17 January 2011 01:15:15AM 7 points [-]

Behold the fool saith, “Put not all thine eggs in the one basket” — which is but a manner of saying, “Scatter your money and your attention;” but the wise man saith, “Put all your eggs in the one basket and WATCH THAT BASKET.”

— Mark Twain (in Pudd'nhead Wilson)

Comment author: gwern 17 January 2011 02:26:50AM 4 points [-]

Mark Twain is an uncommonly bad source for business advice, IMO. A watched stock never grows.