"A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it."

-- Aldous Huxley

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“I believe that the establishment of a real ambition, a powerfully galvanizing and exciting vision of what a group is setting out to create, is vitally important.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“As every golfer knows, no one ever lost his mind over one shot. It is rather the gradual process of shot after shot watching your score go to tatters - knowing that you have found a different way to bogey each hole.”
“Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy.”
“Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience.”
“We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.”

Source : Derrick Bell (2010). “Ethical Ambition”, p.5, A&C Black
“Lines have to smile. There have to be life, blood and heart in things you let go. They have to be human, warm and alive”
“For me, rather than the language, the Hollywood system of making movies was a tremendous learning experience.”
“Hackman's paradox: Groups have natural advantages: they have more resources than individuals; greater diversity of resources; more flexibility in deploying the resources; many opportunities for collective learning; and, the potential for synergy. Yet studies show that their actual performance often is subpar relative to "nominal" groups (i.e. individuals given the same task but their results are pooled.) The two most common reasons: groups are assigned work that is better done by individuals or are structured in ways that cap their full potential.”

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