"The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that……" — Michael Lewis
"The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired."
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64 Quotes by Michael Lewis
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Thirdly-but not lastly-there was the bias toward what people saw with their own eyes, or thought they had seen. The…
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Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The…
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In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children…
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When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.
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He's a machine for competitive balance, ... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his…
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My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned, was a commodity in itself. Risk could be canned and sold like…
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It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar…
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One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one…
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Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation.…
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Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.
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Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.
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I don't think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national…
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster…
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality…
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance…
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites…
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
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You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be…
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