Patrick Rudden of Alliance Bernstein recently wrote that there are various reasons why some investors are skeptical of active equity managers these days, but one reason stood out.

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British scientists pick up Nobel prizes so frequently these days that they are hardly deemed newsworthy, but one has stood out above all others for her contribution to the wellbeing of the planet.

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But one piece of advice stood out to us, so much so that we would make the case that you could ditch the other nine, worthy as they might be, and focus on this one alone for now.

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But even amid that euphoria one moment stood out.

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But for me, the one individual who stood out above the others was Kevin Pietersen.

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But recently two of these stood out for me: One is Special Olympics where people with intellectual disabilities participate in sporting events, the other one is a South African charity supporting HIV-positive people called Positive Heroes .

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He was only one of 15, 000 ethnic Hungarians from Transylvania who left Romania that year, but Attila stood out--he pulled off his escape in true Hollywood fashion by clinging to the undercarriage of a moving train as it crossed the border.

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