"When a coincidence seems amazing, that's because the human mind isnâ€™t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Mind Quotes #Statistics Quotes #Coincidence Quotes

“I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.”

Source : Jack Germond (2002). “Fat Man in a Middle Seat: Forty Years of Covering Politics”, Random House Trade Paperbacks
“Memory is not a simple replay. The bits of information that we recover from the past are often influenced by our knowledge, beliefs and feelings.”
“Never be so busy as not to think of others.”

Source : Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.319, Image
“It is vain for us to pray while conscious that we have injured another. Let us first make amends to the injured one before we dare approach God at either the private or the public altar.”

Source : Jonathan Goforth (0101). “"By my Spirit"”, p.9, Solid Christian Books
“I'm an intellectual Thatcherite, just as I was an intellectual Powellite, and I think it important that the Conservative party should be in good hands and that it should win elections.”

Source : "Singular Encounters" by Naim Attallah, Quartet Books, (p. 134), 1990.
“What I'm having is this conflict in my life right now, that in New York, I see my directing friends and I see acting friends and they've all got this level of passion about either or both of those directions that I've never really found myself having.”

Source : "For Actor Danny Pintauro, There's Life Beyond TV / Former `Who's the Boss?' star looking for challenges" by David Wiegand, www.sfgate.com. September 5, 2000.
“I like rap music. But bragging about being rich to poor people is really offensive. I want to hear a rap song about buying a Cy Twombly painting or dating a museum curator. I want to hear about that kind of rich.”
“After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.”

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