"Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if youâ€™ve decided beforehand it canâ€™t be done."

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Source : Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (2014). “Think Like a Freak: Secrets of the Rogue Economist”, p.47, Penguin UK

Steven Levitt

#Done Quotes #Problem Quotes #Enough Quotes

“Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.”
“There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.”
“I don't want to discuss my breasts with the whole world!”
“She was the people's princess and that is how she will stay, how she will remain in our hearts and our memories for ever.”
“Some philosophers have begun writing sympathetically about predator elimination as a way of reducing animal suffering. From an environmental perspective this is somewhere between naÃ¯ve and potentially disastrous.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion.”

Source : Nicolas Malebranche (2014). “Dialogues on Metaphysics”, p.201, Routledge
“With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move.”
“A painter can hang his pictures, but a writer can only hang himself.”

Source : Edward Dahlberg (1965). “Reasons of the heart”

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