“When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.” WayActionSpeakSportsStepsStageNewsEdgesEnormousThrownHeadlinesLiving OnEvery StepLife Or DeathWords You SpeakLiving On The EdgeEvery Step You Take Author:Boris Becker
“Nothing in these abstract economic models actually works in the real world. It doesn't matter how many footnotes they put in, or how many ways they tinker around the edges. The whole enterprise is totally rotten at the core: it has no relation to reality.” WorldWayRealMatterWholeRealityEconomicModelsRelationEdgesCoreAbstractEnterpriseReal WorldRottenFootnotesEconomic Models Author:Noam Chomsky
“If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.” IfsWayWantNeedsAmericaYoungTechnologyCuttingMastersToolsEdgesCutting Edge Author:Barack Obama
“Deep practice is built on a paradox: struggling in certain targeted ways-operating at the edges of your ability, where you make mistakes-makes you smarter. Or to put it in a slightly different way, experiences where you're forced to slow down, make errors, and correct them-as you would if you were walking up an ice-covered hill, slipping and stumbling as you go-end up making you swift and graceful without your realizing it.” IfsWayInspirationalDifferentEndsCertainRealizingAbilityMistakePracticeStruggleWalkingBuiltErrorsEdgesIceHillsDifferent WaysMaking MistakesParadoxCoveredSmarterSlow DownStumblingSlipping Author:Daniel Coyle