"Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it."

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Source : "Understanding Uncertainty". Book by Dennis Lindley (Chapter 5 "The Rules of Probability", p. 71), 2006.

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“Because I was always a fat child, I got fatter and fatter, and I ended up 18 stone and with a 40-inch waist.”
“What does this mean? It means I get to spend the morning having the hair ripped off my body while Peeta sleeps in.”
“Badmouthing your ex-spouse rips the child apart”
“All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don't believe it. I don't believe it for one minute. He hasn't been to one of my shows.”
“I'm not surprised that people are unsettled because of war. The enemy has got a powerful tool, and that is to get on your TV screen by killing innocent people. And my job is to continue to remind the people it's worth it, we're not going to retreat hastily, and we're not going to pull out of there before the job is done. And we have got a plan for victory.”
“This is a mission and a vision to do good as well as doing well.”
“Once you're signed to a label you compromise.”
“My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.”

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