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Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. - Gertrude Stein
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
Great sportsman Roger Federer is mortal, but still the man.. Queen Elizabeth II visits Wimbledon for 1st time in 33 years
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For a guy who had just been knocked out of a major tournament, Roger Federer seemed remarkably composed. For a 16-time Grand Slam singles champion, he was almost jovial. The first question in his postmatch interview following a loss to Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros concerned his level of disappointment. "Well, disappointed to a certain degree," Federer answered. "I don't think I played a bad match, so it's easier to go out this way. I thought he came up with some great tennis. It's a touch easier to digest this way."
Roger Federer even joked when the topic of his 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals appearances -- an all-time streak ended by Soderling -- came up. "It was a great run," Federer said. "Now I've got the quarterfinal streak going, I guess." When the assembled media laughed, Federer even smiled.
"Few people think more than 2 or 3 times a year; I've made an int'l reputation by thinking once or twice a week."
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last." - Winston Churchill
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
EU voted down body scanners in 2008: "degrading measure". Concerns: Effective? Health? Dignity? Privacy? Heavy cost?
Craziness is not rare, neither is Crime. Else, there would be no need for law, law enforcement, etc. etc.. Does Fear lead to solutions, or to panic, shutting out common sense and wisdom? EU Justice Chief has the answer: "We have to have a very clear line on this. We must never be driven by fear but by our values."
MEPs not yet convinced about body scanners, await impact analysis: "legitimate questions"... "Technology has become the new religion in counter-terrorism"... "Violation of dignity"... "no matter how much technology you have, terrorists will manage to circumvent it"... "great cost implications" of using body scanners, and advised against "putting burdens on airport companies" (also tax payers?) without the certainty that such scanners would be useful.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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