“A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.”
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Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
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Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.
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My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.
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I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.
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