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The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#average #before #choosing #committee #crap

Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning. ↗

— Hannah Storm

#colin #colin powell #joining #morning #much

This was great fun and a nice paycheck and then, as these things happen, the show was canceled. ↗

— Michael Storm

#fun #great #happen #nice #paycheck

A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. ↗

— Joseph Story

#best #fidelity #first #good #good government

I think people who meet me just pretty much get what I am about. ↗

— Melissa George

#am #get #i #i am #i think

Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this.' 'The city made me do this.' 'Oh, the budget.' I don't believe that anymore. ↗

— Frank Gehry

#architecture #behind #believe #budget #city

The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable. ↗

— John Stossel

#government regulation #lives #miserable #people #regulation

We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. ↗

— John Stossel

#efficient #government #kinds #lawyers #more

I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#alive #anything #being #distracts #doing

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up? ↗

— Bob Geldof

#children #having #having children #part #point