most thoughtful meditations on chance have been rooted in a willingness to live with unresolved conflicts – to embrace accident while affirming the possibility
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Jackson Lears
Whatever the object, what is crucial is the desire to be always in pursuit, on the edge, whether at the roulette tables or in
Jackson Lears
Cultures of control – as in the American Protestant or managerial tradition – dismiss chance as a demon to be denied or a difficulty
Thomas Dreier
You cannot add to the peace and good will of the world if you fail to create an atmosphere of harmony and love right
Peter Mayle
Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.
John Peterman
When you take a risk and step out of the norm, you run the risk and sometimes you fail. But you only fail if
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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Action removes the doubt that theory cannot solve.
Edwin Bearss
The best leaders collect information widely, listen to everybody, and then decide by themselves.
Harold Bloom
Bad art is now studied in the universities, exalted in the media, and is supposed to be politically good for us.