but he was happy to be with two of his mates from the Fast Bowlers’ Cartel (the team within the Australian team whose membership was restricted to individuals who could hurl a ball from one end of a wicket to the other at speed in baking
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“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“it is not because of the benevolence of the baker that we eat fresh bread every morning but because of his desire to make money.”
― Saving Capitalism From The Capitalists
― Saving Capitalism From The Capitalists
“And more than the quality of its institutions, what distinguishes a developed country from a developing one is the degree of consensus in its politics, and thus its ability to take actions to secure a better future despite short-term pain.”
― Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy
― Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy
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