"It's human nature to find patterns where there are none and to find skill where luck is a more likely explanation (particularly if you're the lucky manager)."

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William J. Bernstein

#Skills Quotes #Luck Quotes #Patterns Quotes

“Honorable Senators: My sincerest thanks I offer you. Conserve the firm foundations of our institutions. Do your work with the spirit of a soldier in the public service. Be loyal to the Commonwealth and to yourselves and be brief; above all be brief.”
“When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish.”

Source : Elizabeth Aston (2007). “The Second Mrs. Darcy: A Novel”, p.199, Simon and Schuster
“Spider-Man has always been a symbol of goodness and doing the right thing and looking after your fellow man.”
“Sarah took a deep breath and set off along the passageway again. A clump of lichen on the gatepost opened its eyes and watched her go. The eyes, on tendrils, had an anxious look, and when she had gone some distance away the clump, swiveling its eyes toward each other, commenced to gossip among itself. Most of it disapproved of the direction she had taken. You could tell that from the way the eyes looked meaningfully into each other. Lichen knows about directions.”

Source : Jim Henson, A.C.H. Smith (2014). “Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Novelization”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
“I love to go shopping at Target. They have so much stuff there, you can buy almost anything, it's really amazing.”
“Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.”

Source : Leo Calvin Rosten (1964). “The Many Worlds of L*e*o R*o*s*t*e*n: Stories, Humor, Social Commentary, Travelogues, Satire, Memoirs, Profiles, and Sundry Entertainments Never Before Published; with a Special Introd., Background Notes, Revelations and Confessions, All Hand-written and Themselves Worth the Price of Admission”
“I loved New Jersey. I thought it was the greatest place in the world because on Halloween kids could start trick or treating right after school. Isn't that great?”
“You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.”

Source : Alberto Moravia (1961). “The Empty Canvas”, London : Secker & Warburg

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