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It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success. It’s the rich who get the biggest tax breaks. It’s the best students who get the best teaching and most attention. And it’s the biggest nine- and ten-year-olds who get the most coaching and practice. Success is the result of what sociologists like to call “accumulative advantage. Malcolm Gladwell
as we watched seaward-moving ships pass between the cliffs of burning skyline, she said: 'years from now, years and years, one of those ships will bring me back, me and my nine Brazillian brats, because yes, they must see this, these lights, the river-- I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.' And I said: 'Do shut up,' for I felt infuriatingly left out-- a tugboat in a... Truman Capote
E. M. Forster quote: "I'm afraid that in nine cases out of ten Nature pulls one way..."
I'm afraid that in nine cases out of ten Nature pulls one way and human nature another. E. M. Forster
I got a journalism degree. I started doing journalism - I interned at 'Cosmopolitan' magazine in the 1970s, which probably wasn't the best place for me, and I spent six or nine months freelancing. Anyway, I wasn't that good at it. Anne M. Mulcahy
I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. Jose Mourinho
Randy Moss quote: "What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of..."
What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do. Randy Moss
I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months. Estelle Morris
Alanis Morissette quote: "I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far..."
I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old. Alanis Morissette
Cleo Moore quote: "Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was..."
Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old. Cleo Moore
Michel de Montaigne quote: "In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as..."
In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you. Michel de Montaigne
I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to root out the most passionate love of that kind. Maria Mitchell
When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. Paul Merton
Currently, Boston has only nine percent of the state's population - but we provide more than 16 percent of the jobs and 19 percent of the state's revenues. Thomas Menino
H. L. Mencken quote: "The cynics are right nine times out of ten."
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine."
I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine. H. L. Mencken

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