"Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea is that moral principles can help us to a moral explanation of our particular obligations."

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Torbjorn Tannsjo

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“Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.”
“Acting was always there, it's true. But for a long time, in my teenage years, I wasn't sure about it - not because I didn't like it, but I didn't want people to think I hadn't earned it.”
“He who sells what isn't his'n, must buy it back or go to pris'n.”
“The ultimate compound return rate is acutely sensitive to fat tails.”

Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.297, Macmillan
“The proverbial Englishman, we know from old chronicler Froissart, takes his pleasures sadly, and the Englishwoman goes a step further and takes her pleasures in sadness itself.”
“We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ' Wolf Hall ' from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history.”
“I walked about 55 kilometers and was awake for 25 hours. Now I have to think about setting a sleeping record.”
“I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.”

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