"We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way."

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Nate Silver

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“I have always been comfortable weathering the storm. Iâ€™d like to get more comfortable weathering the sunny day.”
“A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.”

Source : Daniel Wallace (2014). “The Kings and Queens of Roam: A Novel”, p.244, Simon and Schuster
“Racism is not about hurtful words, bruised feelings, political correctness, or refusing to call short people 'vertically challenged.' Racism is about the power to treat entire groups of people as something less than humanâ€”for the benefit of that power. Thatâ€™s why a Native American sports mascot is far from harmless.”
“It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available-more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more.”
“I don't see why someone should lose their life just so you can have a snack.”
“Once I decide I want to do something, I just work really hard and I do it, and I just know it's going to work. I think really positively.”

Source : "Holly Madison talks family, career and casting decisions as she ends ‘Peepshow’ run". Interview with John Katsilometes, lasvegassun.com. October 23, 2012.
“The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.”
“That is the way convince people. Or change them and prevent them from hurting whether themselves and others. Art is the most effective form of communication. You can use it to lift the human spirit and make them understand that there is more to life than their next drug use.”

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