"The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it."

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.”
“It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments.”
“If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.”
“When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a bad qualifying session. I think insecurity plagues a lot of sportspeople.”
“I grew up in the time of Germany after the war.”
“I was jumping rope. Everything was fine. And then suddenly everything seemed so futile.”
“One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour.”
“The United States has an active pharmaceutical industry that has brought huge benefits to the U.S. public. Most Americans, who benefit from these advances, have little understanding of how difficult it is to create an important new medical therapy and make it available to improve public health.”

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