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Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.
Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in read more
With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and
to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though
it contradict everything you said to-day.
In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in read more
In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne,
Comparisons are cruele:
Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,
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Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne,
Comparisons are cruele:
Fine pictures suit in frames as fine,
Consistencie's a jewell.
For thee and me coarse cloathes are best,
Rude folks in homelye raiment drest,
Wife Joan and goodman Robin.
My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long read more
My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.
Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold read more
Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.
No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii read more
No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit
esse.]