"There is no effective difference between guessing a variable that is not random, but for which information is partial or deficient (...), and a random one (...). In this sense, guessing (what I don't know, but what someone else may know) and predicting (what has not taken place yet) are the same thing."

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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“Why (he wondered rhetorically) do people who have a position that's being attacked constantly state that they have a right to say it, as if the right itself-rather than the statement-has been challenged?”
“There is nothing gray about whether a follower of Christ should see 50 Shades of Grey. This is a black and white issue. Donâ€™t go. Donâ€™t watch it. Donâ€™t read it. Donâ€™t rent it.”
“I never played a perfect 18 holes. There is no such thing. I expect to make at least seven mistakes a round. Therefore, when I make a bad shot, I don't worry about it. It is just one of the seven.”
“Sometimes I'm irritated because if you're running around in a game, and you're half-naked in a game, this is a choice that I may not have personally chosen to look like this to somebody I'm talking to in a game world, but I am.”
“We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all.”
“This world is full of beauty, as other worlds above, and if we did our duty, it might be as full of love.”

Source : Gerald Massey (1851). “Voices of Freedom and Lyrics of Love”, p.2
“We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.”
“Donâ€™t dismiss the synchronicity of what is happening right now finding its way to your life at just this moment. There are no coincidences in the universe, only convergences of Will, Intent, and Experience.”

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