#average

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Generalization is a natural human mental process, and many generalizations are true—in average. What often does promote evil behavior is the lazy, nasty habit of believing that generalizations have anything at all to do with individuals.


David Brin


#evil #generalization #generalizations #individual #individuals

I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother.


Kirstie Alley


#i #kids #more #mother #probably

I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very deeply, probably more deeply than the average person walking down the street where it may affect them, but not to the same extent.


Willie Aames


#artists #average #average person #deeply #down

I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day.


Mitch Albom


#appreciating #average #being #believe #career

Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares nearly $75 per round-trip ticket. During this time period, our average fare increased by only $15.


Gerard Arpey


#average #costs #cover #during #fare

If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.


Bernard Baruch


#being #correct #cut #even #fortune

In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved to accommodate it.


Martha Beck


#added #average #brains #century #change

The average gardener probably knows little about what is going on in his or her garden.


Ken Thompson


#average #garden #gardener #going #her

Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.


A. Whitney Brown


#bombs #find #high #high school #kuwait

There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation.


James Buchan


#adjusted #age #average #barrel #century