Leaders

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."

- Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach.

Paul Graham's Stuff

Stuff has gotten a lot cheaper, but our attitudes toward it haven't changed correspondingly. We overvalue stuff.

A historical change has taken place, and I've now realized it. Stuff used to be valuable, and now it's not.

Paul Graham, July 2007
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Gifts

"We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them."

- Jean Toomer, American poet and novelist.