“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
“The world isn't fair, Calvin."
"I know Dad, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?”
― The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
"I know Dad, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?”
― The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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“Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.”
― Angels & Demons
― Angels & Demons
“Now what state do you live in?'
'Denial.”
― The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
'Denial.”
― The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
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