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Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in really complex ways, that introduces a degree of almost chaos theory to the system, in a literal sense. ↗

— Nate Silver

#almost #american #american economy #between #chaos

You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a new type of financial instrument, for example, or a new type of situation - then the choices you're making are pretty arbitrary in a lot of respects. ↗

— Nate Silver

#build #choices #dealing #example #financial

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person. ↗

— Ron Silver

#attention #devotes #makes #me #people

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do. ↗

— Ron Silver

#awful #behavioral #body #body language #going

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers. ↗

— Ron Silver

#careers #damage #fear #public #retribution

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have? ↗

— Ron Silver

#influence #little #lose #office #run

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs. ↗

— Carly Simon

#i #lived #sometimes #songs #started

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage. ↗

— Ron Silver

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I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to go to. ↗

— Ron Silver

#dinner parties #get #go #i #invited

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do. ↗

— Ron Silver

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