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Failure is where success likes to hide in plain sight.

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Scott Adams
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 8
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Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don’t seem so bad lately.
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Reality is always controlled by the people who are the most insane.
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I'm curious how you'll know it works. I assume it's mostly a cosmetic change.
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Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they are not there the first time you need them, chances are you won't be needing them again.
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Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.
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I rank money higher than social life or meaning because once you have money, those other things are easier to get. For example, you won't have much of a social life if you can't afford to do anything. And you can't make money if your health is a mess.
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Continuing to believe the same thing, even in the face of new evidence to the contrary, is the definition of insanity - except in politics where it's called leadership.
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We expect others to act rationally even though we are irrational.
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Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
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Hard work is rewarding. Taking credit for other people's hard work is rewarding and faster.
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Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.
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I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately.
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