Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist
Source: Lover Avenged
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Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist
Source: Lover Avenged
“Anything new that we learn about the world involves plausible reasoning”
George Pólya (1887–1985) Hungarian mathematician
Induction and Analogy in Mathematics (1954)
Context: Demonstrative reasoning penetrates the sciences just as far as mathematics does, but it is in itself (as mathematics is in itself) incapable of yielding essentially new knowledge about the world around us. Anything new that we learn about the world involves plausible reasoning, which is the only kind of reasoning for which we care in everyday affairs.
“We should meet in another life, we should meet in air, me and you.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977) Nigerian writer
Source: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
“If you want me to only do things for ROI reasons then you should get out of this stock.”
Tim Cook (1960) American business executive
thestreet.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/siimonreynolds/2015/03/25/lessons-you-can-learn-from-apples-ceo/
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
On Leon Trotsky Saturday Evening Post (6 November 1926) - note that Rogers specifically spelled the word "dident"
Context: I bet you if I had met him and had a chat with him, I would have found him a very interesting and human fellow, for I never yet met a man that I dident like. When you meet people, no matter what opinion you might have formed about them beforehand, why, after you meet them and see their angle and their personality, why, you can see a lot of good in all of them.