

“He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence.”
― The Blind Side
― The Blind Side

“Managers tend to pick a strategy that is the least likely to fail, rather then to pick a strategy that is most efficient," Said Palmer. " The pain of looking bad is worse than the gain of making the best move.”
― Moneyball
― Moneyball
“On Tony Gwynn: it was a wonder that such an exuberant man could be so patient.”
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“I don't want to stay here overnight,' said Harry angrily, sitting up and throwing back his covers. 'I want to find McLaggen and kill him.”
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“Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,” he once wrote. “Pretty girls tend to become insufferable because, being pretty, their faults are too much tolerated. Possessions entrap men, and wealth paralyzes them. I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say.”
― Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
― Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

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