"The Fundamental Regulator Paradox ... The task of a regulator is to eliminate variation, but this variation is the ultimate source of information about the quality of its work. Therefore, the better the job a regulator does the less information it gets about how to improve."

-- Gerald Weinberg

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“I hope I will be religious again but as for regaining my character I despare.”

Source : 'Journal' p. 80
“A leader needs enough understanding to fashion an intelligent strategy.”
“The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a lot of the time they made decisions about what to do or how to behave that I had no idea were coming down the pike. As I would sit and try to inhabit a character, they themselves in my imagination would have quite a bit of free will.”
“It is very important to learn to weigh up objectively (or assess intuitively) the totality of the competitive and psychological factors.”

Source : Mark Dvoretsky (1991). “Secrets of Chess Training”, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
“Clearly there are always unintended consequences of any legislative or regulatory act that's taken in the heat of battle.”
“There arenâ€™t enough people who care about the future. They are too busy worrying about today and what they can grab now”
“I will never have my best season.”
“You don't gamble to win. You gamble so you can gamble the next day.”

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