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“I had my house converted to the Colorado altitude, so I am always above sea level,”
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“The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words.”
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“Nothing lasts. Not even a great sorrow.”
Source : Storm Jameson (2011). “Company Parade”, p.223, Bloomsbury Publishing
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“Science is prediction, not explanation.”
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“Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone. Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and thinking about the next crime? Or do we want them having a little purpose in life and learning a skill?”
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“I really lack the words to compliment myself today.”
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“I never want to position myself where I seem like an ambassador of anti-racism. I am fortunate enough to say that I've never experienced extreme amounts of racism, but a lot of my friends do.”
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“Use "entropy" and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what "entropy" is.”
Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.57, Macmillan
