Max Gunther quotes
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“It is true that when we take chances, we stand to lose. But it is also true that we will never win anything if we never even enter the game. Lucky people are aware of the possibility of losing, and indeed they may lose often. But since the chances they take are small, the losses tend to be small. By being willing to accept small losses they put themselves in position to make large gains.”
-- Max GuntherSource : Max Gunther (2010). “The Luck Factor: Why Some People Are Luckier Than Others and How You Can Become One of Them”, p.166, Harriman House Limited
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“If you're losing a tug of war with a tiger, give it the rope. You can always buy a new one.”
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“The lucky renew their energy through the activity in which they're engaged,”
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“It is unlikely that God's plan for the universe includes making you rich.”
-- Max GuntherSource : Max Gunther (2005). “The Zurich Axioms: The rules of risk and reward used by generations of Swiss bankers”, p.103, Harriman House Limited
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“Chaos is not dangerous until it begins to look orderly.”
-- Max GuntherSource : Max Gunther (2010). “How to Get Lucky: 13 techniques for discovering and taking advantage of life's good breaks”, p.129, Harriman House Limited
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Source : "Inward Bound : Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World" by Abraham Pais, (p. 134), 1988.
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Source : "Where Have All the Graveyards Gone? The War That Didn’t End War and Its Unending Successors" by Adam Hochschild, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2011.
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“Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy”
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Source : "Abby Wambach discusses her marriage, sport and future". Interview with Jeff Di Veronica, www.usatoday.com. March 30, 2014.
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