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I Rank Money Higher Than Social Life Or Meaning Because Once You Have Money, Those Other Things Are Easier To Get. For Example, You Won't Have Much Of A Social Life If You Can't Afford To Do Anything. And You Can't Make Money If Your Health Is A Mess.

Hard Work Is Rewarding. Taking Credit For Other People's Hard Work Is Rewarding And Faster.

Nothing Defines Humans Better Than Their Willingness To Do Irrational Things In The Pursuit Of Phenomenally Unlikely Payoffs. This Is The Principle Behind Lotteries, Dating, And Religion.

If You Work In The City Long Enough, It Begins To Deal With You On A Personal Level. Streets Reveal Their Moods. Sometimes The Signal Light Loves You. Sometimes They Fight You. When You're Hunting For A New Building, You Hope The City Is On Your Side. You Have To Use A Little Bit Of Thinking--you Might Call It The Process Of Elimination--and You Need A Little Bit Of Instinct, But Not Too Much Of Either. If You Think Too Hard, You Overshoot Your Target And End Up At The Pier Or The Tenderloin. If You Relax And Let The City Help, The Destination Does All The Work For You.

Failure Is A Resource That Can Be Managed.