"In competitive archery, risk assessment has minimal bearing on quality of performance, since the archer has so little choice over shot selection. By contrast, in a hunt, shots vary in quality according to how well selected they may be."

-- Ernest Sosa

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“At eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air.”
“Only one who has known how troubled life can be, has a real appreciation of it when it is good”

Source : Ludwig Bemelmans (1952). “The happy place”
“Digging up new information and speculating on it isn't your primary purpose when you're writing a biography intended for young readers, unless you ï¬nd compelling evidence that departs from the accepted wisdom. A biography for young people calls for the demanding art of distillation, the art of storytelling, and your responsibility is to stick as closely as possible to the documented record.”
“Genuine rights don’t conflict—they enable us to live together without intractable conflicts.”

Source : Yaron Brook, Don Watkins (2012). “Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government”, p.161, Macmillan
“America has been another name for opportunity.”

Source : Frederick Jackson Turner (2012). “The Frontier in American History”, p.37, Courier Corporation
“Love those who hurt you the most, because they are probably the ones closest to you. They, too, are on a path, and just like you they are learning to walk before they can fly. Imagine of everybody you hurt in life turned their backs on you? You would be playing a hell of a lot of solitaire. Love them no matter what.”
“Is Guinea prepared? And that's the question because of course these three countries had very, very weak health institutions. Many people had said that there was denial in Guinea, that many people in Guinea either said that Ebola did not exist or were hostile to any sort of Ebola health and safety awareness - how to deal with it.”
“We are in a position of financial and social power, and we could be agents of change in our society. Without pretension, I believe we could be a nice little gardener who takes care of the garden, and hopefully our neighbor will do the same. Then, maybe we'll achieve a better world.”

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