"He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new leaders of China's Communist Party central committee.”

Source : "China's Xi to tread peaceful, patient path on Taiwan", www.reuters.com. February 25, 2013.
“She never inquired, but she never recoiled, either. This is a quality that I look for in a person, not recoiling.”
“I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.”
“I don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.”
“I had to work harder. I couldn't do the social thing, and play the game the others were playing. I had to work that much harder and handle the 'evils' by doing good work.”
“When the music hits, you feel no pain, to quote Bob Marley. But itâ€™s true. Itâ€™s like all art and creation: Youâ€™re completely in the moment, and you just feel free.”
“Consider the case of a person who holds a view with probability 1. Then coherence says that it is no use having a debate with them because nothing will change their mind.”

Source : "Understanding Uncertainty". Book by Dennis Lindley (Chapter 6 "Bayes Rule", p. 91), 2006.
“As far as I remember, there was no actual lyric written to that.At the very beginning of "Fiddler on the Roof," there's a violin solo, an unaccompanied violin solo.”

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