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"The best view of the g= ame is probably from the stands. But that's not where the action is. And so= you have to decide, do you want a nice view or do you want to be in the th= ick of it and playing the game?"

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"Luck flows through peo= ple and travels by conversation. The people you talk to determine the oppor= tunities you find.

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"You will rarely outper= form your self-image."
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Writer and computer sci= entist Gurwinder Bhogal on the danger of mediocre problems= :

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