August 2010
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“You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you; you hate it because you...”
– Yevgeny Zamyatin (We) (via booklover)
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Hope is a state of mind in which you wish for...
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(via stephaniejoyce)
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“A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to...”
– Henri J.M. Nouwen (via julie911)
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“There is a paradox in that people who are happier in the present tend to see and...”
– Payrises and promotions aren’t key to happiness at work | News.com.au (via nathanielstuart)
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Perseids →
Perseids Comet of Origin: 109P/Swift-Tuttle Radiant: constellation Perseus Active: Perseids begin to rise early August. Peak Activity: Aug. 12-13, 2010 Peak Activity Meteor Count: Approximately 50 meteors per hour Time of Optimal Viewing: Crescent moon will set early in the evening, allowing for dark skies all the way up until peak viewing just before dawn Meteor Velocity: 61 kilometers (38 miles)...
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“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All...”
– Albert Einstein
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“The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in atime of...”
– Alan Lightman (Einstein’s Dreams)
My Milka bike arrived this week...
…and it’s so badass and purple, I love it ♥ All I need now is a straw basket and I’m ready to go.
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Black Swan Theory
The Black Swan Theory or “Theory of Black Swan Events” was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain 1) the disproportionate role of high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance and technology, 2) the non-computability of the probability of the consequential rare events using scientific methods (owing to...
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