"The cooperation of NASCAR - or any other system, it turns out - persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win."

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Charles Duhigg

#Believe Quotes #Winning Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“Civilized people can talk about anything. For them no subject is taboo.... In civilized societies there will be no intellectual bogeys at sight of which great grownup babies are expected to hide their eyes.”
“To those who are willing to believe, no explanation of these events is necessary...and to those who are not willing to believe, no explanation is possible.”
“Never, never, never join a movement that persecutes people because of their faith.”
“What Gods do you believe in? I'll build you a temple of mirrors so you can see them.”
“Another victory like that and we are done for.”
“Depression is such a cruel punishment. There are no fevers, no rashes, no blood tests to send people scurrying in concern. Just the slow erosion of the self, as insidious as any cancer. And, like cancer, it is essentially a solitary experience. A room in hell with only your name on the door.”
“I think my brand of country music is that's been influenced by not just the rough-stock rodeo side or Ted Nugent's "let's get crazy style", but also the stand-up and sing style's like George Strait and Merle Haggard, and also the wild side of Chris Ledoux”
“In fact one frequently seemed to gather all sorts of similar information about subjects one had less than profound interest in.”

Source : David Markson (1995). “Wittgenstein's mistress”, Dalkey Archive Pr

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