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Nine herons stand like flowers in the canal beside the coking plant. A barge sounds its outcast horn and coal cars trundle to and fro and the regular thudding of the hauling machine reverberates through the gloom.
Exquisite imagery in this book. I bookmarked dozens in awe of the author's loving craft
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“For most of us, especially for businessmen, in whose eyes nature does not exist, unless it be in its strict utility relationship with their business interests, the fantastic reality of life becomes strangely blunted. M. G. registers it constantly; his memory and his eyes are full of it.”
― The Painter of Modern Life
― The Painter of Modern Life
“you succeed in venture capital by backing the right deals, not by haggling over valuations.”
― The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption
― The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption
“Studying biases can in fact make you more vulnerable to overconfidence and confirmation bias, as you come to see the influence of cognitive biases all around you—in everyone but yourself.”
― Rationality: From AI to Zombies
― Rationality: From AI to Zombies
“A guilty system recognizes no innocents.”
― The Player of Games
― The Player of Games
“The excellence of the heart is profundity,
The excellence of human relationships is kindness,
The excellence of speech is sincerity,
The excellence of government is fairness,
The excellence of service is being effective,
The excellence of action is timing.
Above all, only do not struggle,
Thus nothing will go wrong.”
― Daodejing: The Oral Tradition
The excellence of human relationships is kindness,
The excellence of speech is sincerity,
The excellence of government is fairness,
The excellence of service is being effective,
The excellence of action is timing.
Above all, only do not struggle,
Thus nothing will go wrong.”
― Daodejing: The Oral Tradition
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