"First of all, most traders don't have a winning strategy. Second, even among those traders who do, many don't follow their strategy. Trading puts pressure on weaker human traits and seems to seek out each individual's Achilles' heel."

-- Gil Blake

#Winning Quotes #Pressure Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Well, one of the things we're supposed to be able to do as playwrights is write from a place of empathy, get into another character's shoes and experience things both mundane and tragic. And people don't -- like me right now -- people aren't necessarily the most eloquent when trying to express their emotions. I guess I feel as a playwright that those people deserve a voice, too, a voice that isn't so articulate that they themselves can no longer identify with it.”

Source : "Tracy Letts Is Still Haunted by His Past". Interview with Alex Witchel, www.nytimes.com. March 21, 2014.
“When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.”
“The seven Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss-Poor Performance”

Source : John Lanchester (2012). “Capital”, p.308, Faber & Faber
“You cannot be naÃ¯ve about evil. You cannot be naÃ¯ve to the reality that there are human beings and human situations which have totally identified with the dark side of reality. They are malicious. Realism teaches you to put up appropriate boundaries so that people can't do any more evil than possible. But that doesn't mean you do evil back to them.”
“To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.”
“Each day is a lifetime. In the morning we are born. The day lies before us: vast and bright and new.”
“Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.”
“Refine your senses a little more each day; stretch them...your awareness will pierce deeply into your body and into the world.”

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