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"This game is insane.
You play several hands of bridge, after you have picked a partner. If you score enough points in successive hands (or one really good hand), you win a game, which also makes you 'vulnerable', where you can score more points, but penalties for failing to deliver on your contract (established by a series of bids) are also higher. If you win 2 games out of 3, you have won a 'rubber' of bridge. WTF" — Aug 11, 2016 03:27PM
"This game is insane.
You play several hands of bridge, after you have picked a partner. If you score enough points in successive hands (or one really good hand), you win a game, which also makes you 'vulnerable', where you can score more points, but penalties for failing to deliver on your contract (established by a series of bids) are also higher. If you win 2 games out of 3, you have won a 'rubber' of bridge. WTF" — Aug 11, 2016 03:27PM
Job and relocation decisions are bets. Sales negotiations and contracts are bets. Buying a house is a bet. Ordering the chicken instead of the steak is a bet. Everything is a bet.
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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Autumn Leaves
― Autumn Leaves
“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”
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“They resumed walking. Alex felt an ache in his eyes and throat. "I don't know what happened to me," he said, shaking his head. "I honestly don't."
Bennie glanced at him, a middle-aged man with chaotic silver hair and thoughtful eyes. "You grew up, Alex," he said, "just like the rest of us.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
Bennie glanced at him, a middle-aged man with chaotic silver hair and thoughtful eyes. "You grew up, Alex," he said, "just like the rest of us.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“He's like a drug for you, Bella.”
― Eclipse
― Eclipse
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