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“Doesn’t matter where you are. Doesn’t matter if you’re a crocodile or a rabbit. You best look around, because you’re never safe.
“Survival of the fittest. It’s nature’s primary rule. Adapt and flourish, or freeze and perish.
That was the problem with following clues: you were following. Behind by definition. Getting ahead required ideas.
If a soldier could engage his higher-order thinking while simultaneously ignoring the pain and willing his body to continue beyond fatigue, then he had a chance
at making it to the end. If he couldn’t, then the strength of his back, heart, and lungs didn’t matter.
Three people can keep a secret, as long as two of them are dead.”
Vondreesen’s explanation is flawless. I don’t like flawless. It implies engineering. Natural phenomenon are rough around the edges. They have imperfections, holes, and grit.”
“The trick to telling a convincing lie is to stick close to the truth. I’m sure you’ve all heard that a time or two from political strategists.”
Secrets are like walls. They have people on both sides. They try to keep you out, but once you’re in, you’re in.
