"In real conversations, we are always trying to outguess each other."

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Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.56, Macmillan

William Poundstone

#Real Quotes #Trying Quotes #Conversation Quotes

“But Dobby shouted, "You shall not harm Harry Potter! ... He got up, face livid, and pulled out his wand, but Dobby raised a long, threatening finger. "You shall go now," he said fiercely, pointing down at Mr. Malfoy. "You shall not touch Harry Potter. You shall go now.”
“I am tired of loving a foreign muse.”
“Only curiosity about the fate of others, the ability to put ourselves in their shoes, and the will to enter their world through the magic of imagination, creates this shock of recognition. Without this empathy there can be no genuine dialogue, and we as individuals and nations will remain isolated and alien, segregated and fragmented.”
“Joy is spiritual and far grittier than happiness, and far more robust.”
“We can't be afraid to be weird.”

Source : "Groupon CEO: Being in a band made my business rock". Interview with Kim-Mai Cutler, venturebeat.com. May 7, 2010.
“I couldn't wait to get on the ice. I couldn't wait to get to practice. As a kid, I couldn't wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay.”

Source : "Bobby Orr: How we're killing hockey". Interview with Ken MacQueen, www.macleans.ca. October 17, 2013.
“I can find no warrant for such appropriation in the Constitution.”
“Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek wealth and knowledge.”

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