"If a book is easy and fits nicely into all your language conventions and thought forms, then you probably will not grow much from reading it. It may be entertaining, but not enlarging to your understanding. Itâ€™s the hard books that count. Raking is easy, but all you get is leaves; digging is hard, but you might find diamonds."

-- Mortimer Adler

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“The more we are true to ourselves, the more we can connect with and contribute to the world.”
“Obviously, success breeds more confidence. And it's pretty easy to be confident if you're getting a hit almost every time at bat.”
“Well, I think that when I perform on the road I always thank the audience for buying a ticket because it's a big deal to buy a ticket for a live entertainment, get a baby-sitter and pay for the meal, the parking, whatever.”
“Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.”
“In one sense, the Stanford prison study is more like a Greek drama than a traditional experiment, in that we have humanity, represented by a bunch of good people, pitted against an evil-producing situation. The question is, does the goodness of the people overwhelm the bad situation, or does the bad situation overwhelm the good people?”
“The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.”
“Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.”
“Ive done a lot of shows that didnt do well. You have to go in with a 50-50 take on it. If it goes well, fantastic. Hope for the best and plan for the worst.”

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