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You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good read more
You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is read more
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.
Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.
A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.
A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?
What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?
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.
Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to
it, if you throw your read more
Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to
it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along too.
