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“He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”
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“You can define a free person precisely as someone whose fate is not centrally or directly dependent on peer assessment.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility; it results from some ecological or naturalistic wisdom, and is not always bad -- at an existential level, it is my body rebelling against its entrapment. It is my soul fighting the Procrustean bed of modernity.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“I don't suppose there has been a moment in the world's history where more people felt themselves to be artists, of when less art was produced.”
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“I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes of goblins and great men, and would advise all travellers who travel for their gratification to be the same. What is it to us whether these stories be true or false, so long as we can persuade ourselves into the belief of them and enjoy all the charm of the reality?”
― The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
― The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
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