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“So even when luck has only a minor influence on performance, the most talented and hardworking of all contestants will usually be outdone by a rival who is almost as talented and hardworking but also considerably luckier.”
― Robert H. Frank, Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy

“As I observed more than once at Facebook, and as I imagine is the case in all organizations from business to government, high-level decisions that affected thousands of people and billions in revenue would be made on gut feel, the residue of whatever historical politics were in play, and the ability to cater persuasive messages to people either busy, impatient, or uninterested (or all three).”
― Antonio Garcia Martinez, Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

“It is true that humans are not logic machines. But, remember, emotion is a response. Not a stimulus.”
― Bob Hoffman, 101 Contrarian Ideas About Advertising

“Riddle traveled a lot in his twenties and recalls being hit by a realization. So much of people’s lives—their opportunities, their health and longevity—comes down to where they were born. “It’s so random,” he says.”
― Mary Roach, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War