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Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river. ↗

— Cordell Hull

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That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in that direction. ↗

— Cordell Hull

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In a single moment, we witnessed the worst of human behavior. And in the next, the very best of human behavior. And even more, we witnessed the tremendous spirit of Americans. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#best #even #human #human behavior #moment

In twenty years, the Lottery has raised over $1.4 billion. It has been run successfully and efficiently. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

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While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#am #appreciate #deliver #given #great

Within minutes of the attack, your Department of Public Safety mobilized its Operations Center, headed by a national expert on weapons of mass destruction. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#center #department #destruction #expert #headed

I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard. ↗

— Helen Hunt

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I guess any simple idea that is really good will catch on quickly. ↗

— John Hull

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If each of your time steps is one week long, you are not modeling the stock price terribly well over a one-week time period, because you are saying that there are only two possible outcomes. ↗

— John Hull

#each #long #modeling #only #our time

One important measurement issue concerns the fat tails problem that I mentioned earlier. VAR is concerned with extreme outcomes. If the tails of the probability distributions we are using are too thin, our VAR measures are likely to be too low. ↗

— John Hull

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