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-The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.
+====== 2019 Readings ======
+> The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.
 [[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/929501-the-best-way-to-keep-a-prisoner-from-escaping-is|Fyodor Dostoevsky]]
-Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.
+> Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.
 [[https://jamesclear.com/why-facts-dont-change-minds|Haruki Murakami]]
-To paraphrase the book [High Output Management by Andy Grove], the job of an executive is: to define and enforce culture and values for their whole organization, and to ratify good decisions. That's all. Not to decide. Not to break ties. Not to set strategy. Not to be the expert on every, or any topic. Just to sit in the room while the right people make good decisions in alignment with their values. And if they do, to endorse it. And if they don't, to send them back to try again.
+> To paraphrase the book [High Output Management by Andy Grove], the job of an executive is: to define and enforce culture and values for their whole organization, and to ratify good decisions. That's all. Not to decide. Not to break ties. Not to set strategy. Not to be the expert on every, or any topic. Just to sit in the room while the right people make good decisions in alignment with their values. And if they do, to endorse it. And if they don't, to send them back to try again.
 [[https://apenwarr.ca/log/20190926|Avery Pennarun]]
-I donít think he was an alcoholic, but he was someone who liked his drink at the end of the day. Is that an alcoholic? I've never known. To an AA-er, he was probably an alcoholic. For an Irishman, he was a drinker.
+> I don't think he was an alcoholic, but he was someone who liked his drink at the end of the day. Is that an alcoholic? I've never known. To an AA-er, he was probably an alcoholic. For an Irishman, he was a drinker.
-[[https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/anjelica-huston-in-conversation.html|Anjelica Huston]]
-I smoke weed, but I don't consider that a danger to my health. I don't like edibles. Too slow and you don't know where it's going. You could end up having to go to bed for three days. I don't do anything wildly dangerous anymore. I wasn't ever attracted to the acid. I like to have a good time, but I don't want to lose my mind.
 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/anjelica-huston-in-conversation.html|Anjelica Huston]]
-On the other hand, there is a thing called a male imperative, and it is maybe stronger than any #MeToo movement, because it happens at birth. I have a great 3-year-old nephew who made his way over to my umbrella rack the other day and pulled an Irish walking stick out and said, 'I am the leader of the universe.' Girls don't do that.
+> On the other hand, there is a thing called a male imperative, and it is maybe stronger than any #MeToo movement, because it happens at birth. I have a great 3-year-old nephew who made his way over to my umbrella rack the other day and pulled an Irish walking stick out and said, "I am the leader of the universe." Girls don't do that.
 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/anjelica-huston-in-conversation.html|Anjelica Huston]]
-No, nothing is perfect, particularly when you've had a life like mine and the imperfections are as interesting as the perfections, if not more so.
+> No, nothing is perfect, particularly when you've had a life like mine and the imperfections are as interesting as the perfections, if not more so.
 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/anjelica-huston-in-conversation.html|Anjelica Huston]]