QUOTE A DAY - July 31, 2014

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JA

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*---- Quotes For The Week ----*
The State flourished in times of war... War is an opportunity for government to grow in power.
--Howard Zinn

Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path.
--Joseph Campbell, 'The Hero With A Thousand Faces'

...the randomness inherent in human behavior is the limiting factor to consumer modeling success. Marginal gains can perhaps be made thanks to big data, but breakthroughs will be elusive as long as human behavior remains inconsistent, impulsive, dynamic, and subtle.
--Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, Big Data Hype (and Reality)


**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

See at the bottom for the answer

*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*
Where and when it is difficult for people to imagine a better future, when it's difficult for people to have hope, it is precisely because the material and structural conditions of their lives are such that the productive work of the imagination is something that they don't have access to.
--David Kyumin Kim

But when an activity is driven by consumers' whims, no amount of ingenuity can produce the ability to know what will happen. Predictive analytics can figure out how to land on Mars, but not who will buy a Mars bar.
--Grregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, Big Data Hype (and Reality)

In all matters, we can only learn by trial and error, by making mistakes and improvements; we can never rely on inspiration, although inspirations may be most valuable as long as they can be checked by experience.
--Karl Popper


MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

ANSWER: Aristotle

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