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“A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“A growing body of research suggests that even the smartest people tend to seek out evidence that confirms what they already think, rather than new information that would give them a more robust view of reality.”
― Steven D. Levitt, Think Like a Freak

“In July 1958, Cristoforo Rubino became another informer to fall before testifying against Mafia drug traffickers. A week before he was to testify before a grand jury investigating Vito Genovese and other traffickers, Rubino was shot dead on a Brooklyn sidewalk.98”
― C. Alexander Hortis, The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York

“the strongest tendency of human nature was “the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.”
― Deirdre Bair, Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend