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Originally Posted by artplumber
Thanks, jk...
I think you're mixing your allegories. The tortoise and the hare (sorry about that, now edited to correct statement) is not "the ends justifies the means", but "slow and steady wins the race".
No argument with Zanardi, but life sucks 
Finally, in the spirit of a little more fun, IIRC the Yoda quote is "Do or do not. There is no try." |
The allegory is correct, "the ends justifies the means" is in reference to the statement " Racer or not, in business whatever, it matters who's standing at the end of the day". How you get there is more important to me than where you end up.
Situations suck, life is what you make of it. Just like in poker, the best player doesn't always need the best hand. Alex is triumphant because of who he is not one situation or another.
Just so you know, Yoda got it wrong. Brevity of words wins over bloviating every time.
Lincoln's Gettysgerg address is brilliant because of it's conservation of words in the conveyance complex ideas.
Yoda was wasting words in his advise to Luke. But we all know that little green guy tends to be long winded.