"A person's behavior is rational if it is in his best interests, given his information"

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Source : "War and peace". Robert J. Aumann's Nobel Prize Lecture, December 8, 2005.

Robert Aumann

#Information Quotes #Behavior Quotes #Given Quotes

“I need the sun, sand and ocean to rejuvenate my spirit, the food to enliven my body and all of the familiar places, friends and family to revitalize my soul. I go for replenishment. For a kind of love that I truly know. For a place of belonging, always.”
“I'd like to do a little bit more adventurous TV. Maybe Showtime or HBO or just a little bit edgier. But I would go back to NBC, CBS, whatever.”
“But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like, wanting to be a rock journalist. Wanting to be the first woman president.”
“Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou Light divine! Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine! Oft will the body's weakness check thy force, Oft damp thy Vigour, and impede thy course; And trembling nerves compel thee to restrain Thy noble efforts, to contend with pain; Or Want (sad guest!) will in thy presence come, And breathe around her melancholy gloom: To Life's low cares will thy proud thought confine, And make her sufferings, her impatience, thine.”

Source : George Crabbe (1812). “Tales”, p.191
“I know that we sin but I do believe we try, we all try.”

Source : Song: We All Try, Album: Nostalgia, Ultra, 2011
“Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing.”
“Hate doesn't end hate. Love ends hate.”

Source : "The 6 Most Crushworthy Things Andrew Garfield--Or, You Know, ANY Man--Has Ever Said" by Megan Angelo, www.glamour.com. July 17, 2012.
“The one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you'll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism is like a hydra - you can cut off its head in the Germany of the '30s and '40s, but it'll still turn up on your back doorstep in a slightly altered guise.”

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