Dominic Cummings In history books, luck is always underplayed and the talent of individuals is usually overplayed. – Dominic Cummings Books Quotes History Quotes Individuals Quotes Luck Quotes Overplayed Quotes Talent Quotes Underplayed Quotes In the commercial world, big companies mostly die within a few decades because they cannot maintain an internal system to keep them aligned to reality plus startups pop up. People in politics tend to spend far too much time on higher profile issues affecting few people and too little time on such basic processes that affect thousands or millions and which we know how to do much better.
Alice Lowe I was in something called ‘Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace’ which was a real cult comedy; it’s sort of a spoof horror sort of thing, and it only ever had one series, but I liked the fact that it only had one series because it’s kind of got this little gemlike quality to it that there were only ever six episodes. – Alice Lowe
Rachael Stirling She was just Ma, and I didn’t grow up in some kind of acting dynasty: Orson Welles didn’t come round and give me a piggyback; Vivien Leigh never read me a bedtime story. It was just my mum and our housekeeper, whom I adored, and after that, it was boarding school. – Rachael Stirling
Gretchen Bleiler Have a specific goal every time you hit the gym; this way, your workouts have built-in purpose. – Gretchen Bleiler
Jason ReynoldsPoetry Poetry has the ability to create entire moments with just a few choice words. The spacing and line breaks create rhythm, a helpful musicality, a natural flow. The separate stanzas aid in perpetuating a kind of incremental reading, one small chunk at a time. – Jason Reynolds
Agyness Deyn When I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought, ‘Please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over!’ – Agyness Deyn
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