"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not."

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"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not."

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Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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Michael Chertoff, American Civil Servant

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"I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it."

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Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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T. S. Eliot, American Poet

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