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Flexibility has pushed him to assert the sheer strength of will as the essence of his own ethical character.
The Corrosion of Character
Richard Sennett
But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
We have ample evidence that people are averse to small losses, but not so much toward very large Black Swan risks (which they underestimate), since they tend to insure for small probable losses, but not large infrequent ones. Exactly backwards.
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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