"The best simpleminded test of expertise in a particular area is an ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area."

-- Graham T. Allison

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“Everybody I hang with - the ranchers, the farmers, the cops, the teachers, the plumbers, everybody I hang with - they've got an alarm clock. They get up, they put their heart and their soul into being the very best that they can be. They want to be an asset to their families and their neighborhood. They want to be productive members of society.”
“I leave Hollywood, I go somewhere else and make some music, and then, when I have to go back to work, I try and take as much that I get from outside Hollywood back with me.”

Source : "Charlie Puth's Reason For Being Obsessed With Alicia Keys Will Make You Say, 'Heck Yes'". Interview With Kelsie Gibson, www.popsugar.com. September 7, 2016.
“I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.”
“I don't think I could play a character that I couldn't relate to somehow. I'm not unfamiliar with frustration, anger, shame, helplessness and a load of other emotions that make up our psycho-soup. I try to focus on that frustration, that sense of unfairness, and multiply it.”
“I'm very collaborative with everybody on the set.”
“At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.”
“Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.”

Source : William Law, P. G. Stanwood (1978). “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love”, p.327, Paulist Press
“I have always thought that while it's wonderful to be the first to do something, you don't want to be the last.”

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