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“This led to a debate between the two men on the differences between what was probable, plausible, and possible”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitated toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed. To do what was necessary rather than what was easy.”
― Michael J. Sullivan, Age of Myth

“The Austrian School of economics is an alternative to the mainstream approach. It places economics on a sound, human basis. It avoids the traps that plague most of modern economics: the assumption of selfishness as the basic human motivation, a narrow definition of rational behavior, and the overuse of unrealistic models.”
― Gene Callahan, Economics for Real People: An Introduction to the Austrian School

“Moral: to the extent you can choose, work on problems you think will be important.”
― Richard Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn