Character is proportionate to N, the number of consecutive failures without being discouraged, or equivalently, the number of successive rejections without being intimidated.
Nassim Nicholas TalebMy major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don't have the guts to sometimes say: I don't know.
Nassim Nicholas TalebTo be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb