“Never lose hope, be persistent and stubborn and never give up. There are many instances in history where apparent losers suddenly turn out to be winners unexpectedly, so you should never conclude all hope is lost.” GivingShouldTurnsLostLosesGiving UpInstanceWinnerLoserStubbornNever Giving UpPersistentNever Lose Hope Author:Theodore Kaczynski
“The most effective young Facebook users, however -- the ones who will probably be winners if Facebook turns out to be a model of the future they will inhabit as adults -- are the ones who create successful online fictions about themselves.” IfsYoungTurnsFictionSuccessfulModelsAdultsWinnerOnlineUsers Book:You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto Source: You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto
“At the turn of the [21st] century it was really Sergey Brin at Google who just had the thought of, well, if we give away all the information services, but we make money from advertising, we can make information free and still have capitalism. But the problem with that is it reneges on the social contract where people still participate in the formal economy. And it's a kind of capitalism that's totally self-defeating because it's so narrow. It's a winner-take-all capitalism that's not sustaining.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsKindStillsSelfProblemTurnsSocialEconomyCenturyInformationCapitalismAdvertisingMaking MoneyWinnerContractsGoogleFormal21st CenturySustainingSocial Contract Author:Jaron Lanier
“When you're reading a novel, I think the reason you care about how any given plot turns out is that you take it as a data point in the big story of how the world works. Does such-and-such a kind of guy get the girl in the end? Does adultery ever bring happiness? How do winners become winners?” ThinkingWorldKindDoeBookEndsReasonStoriesBigsCareGuyTurnsGirlReadingGivenNovelDataWinnerPlotAdultery Author:Elif Batuman
“Things don't always turn out exactly the way you want them to be and you feel disappointed. You are not always going to be the winner. That's when you have to stop and figure out why things happened the way they did and what you can do to change them.” WayWantFeelsTurnsCan DoHappenedFiguresThings HappenWinnerDisappointed Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Take care to make things turn out well. Some people scruple more over pointing things in the right direction than over successfully reaching their goals. The disgrace of failure outweighs the diligence they showed. A winner is never asked for explanations.” PeopleWellsCareSuccessTurnsGoalTake CareWinnerExplanationReachingPointingDisgraceDiligenceRight DirectionScruples Author:Baltasar Gracian