#bet

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#according #been #between #expect #get

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#controversy #dispute #exact #gains #most

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bet #betting #faith #i #kind

I felt confident at 24, but I am a better driver now. ↗

— Jenson Button

#better #confident #driver #felt #i

The margin between success and drama is fractional. ↗

— Jacky Ickx

#drama #fractional #margin #success

Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death. ↗

— Alexander Chase

#air travel #between #death #exhilarating #fact

What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference. ↗

— James Caan

#between #difference #five #four #i

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. ↗

— Ryan Cabrera

#better #had #men #out #pink

I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better. ↗

— Miguel Cabrera

#confident #day #every #every day #feel