#predict

A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art. ↗

— Wendy Carlos

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In a world with no systems, with chaos, everything becomes a guerilla struggle, and this predictability is not there. And it becomes almost impossible to save lives, educate kids, develop economies, whatever. ↗

— William J. Clinton

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I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest. ↗

— Alan Cox

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The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

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I've never been able to predict the future of anything. ↗

— Bob Edwards

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The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable. ↗

— Annette Funicello

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I never predict anything, and I never will. ↗

— Paul Gascoigne

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I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later. ↗

— Susan George

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