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“This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.”

A. Bartlett Giamatti

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A convention is a social pattern we have chosen to prefer over whatever the raw world simply proffers. It is a sign of the operation of the mind, drawing the assent of a sufficient number of other minds so that the agreement will be widely operative. A convention is not a custom; a custom is a habit in which a…

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No one man is superior to the game.

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