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A lie told often enough becomes truth.
A lie told often enough becomes truth.
A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.
Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.
Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.
Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to read more
Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.
The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make read more
The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make you more than you are. This business has changed a lot of good people and a lot of good families, and I don't want that to happen to me.
Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.
Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.