"Shannon's most radical insight was that meaning was irrelevant."

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Source : "Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street". Book by William Poundstone, 2005.

William Poundstone

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“We call our rich relatives the kin we love to touch”
“It is insanity to run from God and search for love.”

Source : Erwin Raphael McManus (2008). “Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit”, p.50, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Jesus calls men, not to a new religion, but to life.”

Source : Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.154, Simon and Schuster
“Walking down Belmotte was the oddest sensation-- every step took us deeper into the mist until at last it closed over our heads. It was like being drowned in the ghost of water.”
“I look back at that time fondly. It's something I never thought I'd get the chance to do, be in a soap. Working with Barbara Windsor and Steve McFadden - they're legends in their own lifetimes aren't they?”
“My heart is heavy, she thought. Itâ€™s not just a saying. It is what isâ€”heavy, a great stone lodged in my breast, pressing down my whole being. How can I even stand straight and look out upon the world? I am doubled over into myself and, for all the weight, find only emptiness.”
“The arts are a green industry with a very high rate of return. This is not money thrown away by any stretch of the imagination. This is money that creates jobs. This is money that brings life, financial life, to communities.”
“It is only reasonable that our laws do not force our country to provide safe harbor to those individuals that are being sought out by their governments due to their terrorist ties.”

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