The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.
Richard Feynman
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Quote for the week 25th of Feb to 3rd of March ’07
Dans les premières passions les femmes aiment l’amant, et dans les autres elles aiment l’amour.
François de La Rochefoucauld
→ Read more Quote for the week 18th to 24th of Feb ’07
Brinkmanship is thus the deliberate creation of a recognizable risk, a risk that one does not completely control. It is the tactic of deliberately letting the situation get somewhat out of hand, just because its being out of hand may be intolerable to the other party and force his accomodation.
→ Read more Quote for the week 11th- 17th of Feb ’07
I am happy to belong to a nation that is too small to commit big follies.
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Quote for the week 4th- 10th of Feb ’07
Quand un homme a un bec de canard, des ailes de canard et des pattes de canards: c’est un canard. C’est vrai aussi pour les petits merdeux.
Michel Audiard
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