#diction

To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance. ↗

— Nate Silver

#answer #extent #find #know #making

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#catholic church #church #depiction #meant #meant to be

Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. ↗

— Peter Singer

#complex #decision-making #even #human #long-term

But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#across #citizens #crime #district #enforcement

Never make predictions, especially about the future. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#especially #future #make #never #predictions

In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of imposed dramaticness. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#behave #between #contradiction #imposed #kind

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#because #certain #conclusions #elements #four

I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#been #contradictions #drawn #full #i

Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society. ↗

— Keith Miller

#beneath #control #disease #mark #our

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#contradictions #harmony #keep #learning #live