Mr. GARRIOTT: And so, the way I like to describe it is, you know, is like we sold my, quote, "my seat, " unquote, to Dennis.

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On the fourth panel of the Jefferson Memorial is a quote I remember reading to my daughters during our first visit there.

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My favorite quote about luck is from Branch Rickey, a really interesting guy who was one of the seminal figure in American baseball.

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But part of what makes my talks fun and compelling is that I quote numbers regularly.

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My favorite part of the video is when I quote OECD economists admitting the beneficial impact of tax havens.

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And the important part of my point here is in that last sentence of the quote.

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Finally, Mark Vernon's comments reminded me of my favourite quote which describes a state of mind that is open to life's wonder and possibilities and is free from dogma.

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Finally, there is a nearly 250-year-old quote from Voltaire that forms the third leg of my modeling philosophy.

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