"The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth."

-- Pierre Bayle

#Acceptance Quotes #Opinion Quotes #Assurance Quotes

“We all create expectations of what we would like to happen after a decision is made. The picture in our mind's eye might have served a valuable function in helping to make a decision. But once the decision is made, let the picture go. Since you can't control the future, the picture can create unhappiness if it's not fulfilled. Disappointment may make you miss the good that can come out of every situation in which you find yourself.”
“Today the kids that are out now they make a hit record and they put them right out on the stage with 10,000 people out there and they don't know anything about the business yet.”
“Culture is not made up but something that evolves which is human.”
“My mum - and my granny and I - would close the curtains, turn on the TV and snuggle up and watch 'Come Dancing.' It was actually my granny who was the biggest fan; she loved the show, and she passed on her passion for it to me. I loved the dancing but also the frocks and the glamour.”

Source : "Strictly Come Dancing exclusive: Cherie Lunghi: 'I'm too old to be a sex symbol'". www.mirror.co.uk. October 25, 2008.
“Before the beginning of years There came to the making of man Time with a gift of tears, Grief with a glass that ran, Pleasure with pain for leaven, Summer with flowers that fell, Remembrance fallen from heaven, And Madness risen from hell, Strength without hands to smite, Love that endures for a breath; Night, the shadow of light, And Life, the shadow of death.”
“I had more friends on my hockey team than I did on my soccer team. I might have been better at soccer, to be honest. But I think it was more the friendship, and my family was more of a hockey family than a soccer family, so when I had to make a decision, I tried hockey, and it turned out to be a good decision.”
“I like colorful stuff. I like wearing stuff that nobody is wearing. That's why I wear the bear hat. I'll wear the whole mink.”

Source : "And Then French Montana Styled GQ". Interview with Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. July 20, 2012.
“This method of deduction ... is often called "combinatory". Its usefulness is not exhausted at this stage, but it does even at the outset lead to some valuable conclusions.”

Source : John Chadwick (2014). “The Decipherment of Linear B”, p.46, Cambridge University Press

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