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(buffett)


I can give you a definite perhaps.
(Samuel Goldwyn )


If the numbers were all we had, the common belief would be that marriage is the chief cause of divorce.
 (Zvika Harel)


In God we trust, all others must bring data.
(Edwards Deming)


The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.
(Nolan Bushnell)


Boredom is rage spread thin.
(Paul Tillich)


Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
(Philip K. Dick)


Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
(Aesop)


Recognition is the greatest motivator.
(Gerard C. Eakedale)


TV is chewing gum for the eyes.
(Frank Lloyd Wright)


Drugs are reality's legal loopholes.
(Jeremy Preston Johnson)


Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
(Albert Schweitzer)


Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
(William Saroyan)


If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
(Albert Einstein)


I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
(George Bernard Shaw)


It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
(Abraham Lincoln)


Too much of a good thing is just that.
(Brian J. Dent)


The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.
(William Gibson)


To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.
(Charles Buxton)


Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.

(Henry Ford)


There must be more to life than having everything
(Maurice Sendak)


Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
(Josh Billings)

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Forecast combinations in R using the ForecastCombinations package
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