"Success breeds a disregard of the possibility of failure."

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Source : Hyman Minsky (2008). “Stabilizing an Unstable Economy”, McGraw Hill Professional

Hyman Minsky

#Possibility Quotes #Disregard Quotes

“The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognitionâ€”thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.”
“I love to hang out with boys - I've got brothers - but I'm a girl's girl, in all the ways you can be girlie. Nails and chats and gossip magazines and reality TV and pop culture.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs.”
“In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.”

Source : "Dictionary of Humorous Quotations" edited by Evan Esar, (p. 156), 1949.
“Groups become more extreme and entrenched in their beliefs and polarized from others when members only exchange information that reinforces their views and filter out all else or never learn of alternatives. Thus they narrow their options, and magnify each other's prejudices and misconceptions. This trend leads to blind spots in decision making and to extreme behavior, even terrorism.”
“And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.”
“I just do the best I can under the circumstances.”
“A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.”

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