

“Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,” he once wrote. “Pretty girls tend to become insufferable because, being pretty, their faults are too much tolerated. Possessions entrap men, and wealth paralyzes them. I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say.”
― Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
― Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

“He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence.”
― The Blind Side
― The Blind Side

“I don't want to stay here overnight,' said Harry angrily, sitting up and throwing back his covers. 'I want to find McLaggen and kill him.”
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“The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.”
― Moneyball
― Moneyball
“On Tony Gwynn: it was a wonder that such an exuberant man could be so patient.”
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