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There's a deeper reason, though, for not striving for excellence,... and it has to do with how we view ourselves and our endeavors in this world. Many of us recognize that not trying is a reasonable excuse for not succeeding. That is, if we don't give something our best effort, we can always point to that fact as the basis for poor results. If, on the other hand, we give... everything we've got and still don't win, well, that's a fairly bitter pill to swallow.... I don't buy this defeatist attitude.
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Go off in all directions at once; you're bound to get somewhere somehow.
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I've lost myself in my work many times. If you love what you do, this can be a Zen thing, where past and future recede to a vanishing point and leave nothing but the perfect vexing, challenging, beguiling now.
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The universe... doesn't owe us anything but an education, and it gives us lessons every day.
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The controlling idea... in so many facets of human interaction is: If you can't be right, be loud; if you're loud enough long enough, you will appear to be right.
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[That] is the essence of poker: making tricky decisions based on incomplete information.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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John Vorhaus is an American novelist and author of nonfiction books about comedy writing and poker.
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