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“A growing body of research suggests that even the smartest people tend to seek out evidence that confirms what they already think, rather than new information that would give them a more robust view of reality.”
― Steven D. Levitt, Think Like a Freak

“Amid the characteristics that make a successful entrepreneur, one stood out: juvenile delinquency.”
― Alexa Clay, The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs

“One of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a price.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: The Original

“In July 1958, Cristoforo Rubino became another informer to fall before testifying against Mafia drug traffickers. A week before he was to testify before a grand jury investigating Vito Genovese and other traffickers, Rubino was shot dead on a Brooklyn sidewalk.98”
― C. Alexander Hortis, Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York