Abraham de Moivre on case
Abraham de Moivre3 quotes“Further, the same Arguments which explode the Notion of Luck, may, on the other side, be useful in some Cases to establish a due comparison between Chance and Design”
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What Probability there is, that those Events should be rather be owing to the one than to the other.
Abraham de MoivreAbraham de Moivre We may imagine Chance and Design to be, as it were, in Competition with each other, for the production of some sorts of Events, and may calculate
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
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What I’m worried about is that, in case that happens [nuclear explosion], then the Iranian people are the ones who are going to pay the heaviest price. But none of the Western countries have seriously talked about this.
Akbar GanjiAkbar Ganji In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah How clever the human mind is, that it can accept two contradictory things as ‘facts.’ Yes, I know that in this case one ‘fact’ was untrue. But the human mind can KNOW something is untrue and still accept it as a ‘fact,’ and act on it as if it were true.
Aidan ChambersAidan Chambers It’s in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I’ll write it down in case it comes up again, I’ll be certain to avoid it.
Aimee MannAimee Mann People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
Aimee MullinsAimee Mullins If you’re rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you’re loyal and faithful, they turn those against you.
Aidan ChambersAidan Chambers The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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