“I don't know, I always get the question 'how do you feel after the game today?' and, of course, if you're winning you feel great and if you lose you don't feel good. I think that's a pretty obvious question.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsTodayCoursesGamesWinningLosesObviousFeel Good Author:Caroline Wozniacki
“The simple fact is that code quality tends to improve as you move between platforms... non-obvious bugs on Windows become VERY obvious in the Linux port and vice versa, and thus get fixed. So even the Windows gamers will win in all of this.” FactsMovingWinningSimpleQualityWindowVicesObviousCodeFixedPlatformsBugsVice VersaPortGamerLinuxCode Quality Author:Ryan C. Gordon
“I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint. ... When the stakes are high enough and the risks obvious, we still turn to people who can be counted on to understand those risks and prepare for worst-case scenarios. A chief of state does not want to hear a general in the field say that he 'hopes' to win tomorrow's battle or that he's 'visualizing victory'.” PeopleThinkingWantMayLittlesDoeStillsStatesEnoughRealitySeemsTurnsWinningRealizingCasesRiskWorstFieldsPositive ThinkingVictoryTomorrowBattleNotionObviousDecadesChiefsStakesRealismScenariosWishful ThinkingQuaintVisualizingWorst Case Scenario Book:Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America Source: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
“In this rigged, two-party system, third parties almost never win a national election. It's obvious what our function is in this constricted oligarchy of two corporate-indentured parties - to push hitherto taboo issues onto the public stage, to build for a future, to get a young generation in, keep the progressive agenda alive, push the two parties a little bit on this issue and that.” LittlesTwoYoungWinningBitsPartyIssuesAliveGenerationsStageLittle BitThirdsFunctionElectionObviousCorporateAgendasProgressiveTabooOligarchyRiggedThird PartiesYoung GenerationTwo Party System Author:Ralph Nader