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Re:Don’t Quit When It Gets Hard by dyarosla on Monday October 23, 2017 @11:47AM (#15534015)
Is that the correct phrasing? It would imply that a fool that never wins and never quits should quit... but if quitters never win this fool would be sure to not win once they've quit.
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Re:Don’t Quit When It Gets Hard by blensor on Monday October 23, 2017 @12:21PM (#15534334)
Can't resist: "The only winning move is not to play" :)

But I guess it means that a winner knows when there is no path to a win and retreats to do something where it is actually possible to win.

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Re:Don’t Quit When It Gets Hard by module0000 on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:16PM (#15535506)
In the finance industry, when there is no play to be made...the play is to buy options that are profitable if things stay the way there are.

Basically, when you know to "do nothing", there is an action to be taken - it just depends on "nothing really happening" to work out.

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Re:Don’t Quit When It Gets Hard by s73ver_ on Monday October 23, 2017 @12:16PM (#15534295)
The point is they're not going to win anyway.
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Re:Don’t Quit When It Gets Hard by valesco on Monday October 23, 2017 @12:12PM (#15534249)
Sometimes you don't win.
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