“It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success. It’s the rich who get the biggest tax breaks. It’s the best students who get the best teaching and most attention. And it’s the biggest nine- and ten-year-olds who get the most coaching and practice. Success is the result of what sociologists like to call “accumulative advantage.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.”
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“Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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